Channels of Power : The un Security Council and U. S. Statecraft in Iraq.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Power of International Organizations -- IOs and Information Transmission -- Statecraft and IOs -- The United Nations and the Legitimation of Force -- Case Selection and Outline -- 2. Coercion, Institutions, and Information -- The Politics and Costs of Coercion -- Institutions and Information -- Coercion through IOs -- Two Pathways of Information Transmission -- Institutional Variation and the Security Council -- Alternative Arguments -- Observable Implications and Research Design -- 3. The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990-1991 -- Background and Events -- Choosing (How) to Intervene -- Signaling Intentions to State Leaders -- Transmitting Policy Information to Foreign Publics -- Assessing the Role of Legitimacy -- 4. Coercive Disarmament: The Interwar Years -- Channeling Power between the Wars -- The Postwar Honeymoon -- Cracks in the Coalition -- The Decline of UN Inspections -- Desert Fox and Its Aftermath -- The Evolution of U.S. Coercive Strategy -- Reviving Inspections: A Divided Council -- 5. The Second Iraq War: Down the UN Path, 2002-2003 -- From September 11 to Iraq -- Appealing to the General Assembly -- Back to the Council: Resolution 1441 -- Renewed Inspections -- A Second Resolution? -- Explaining U.S. Motivations -- 6. The Second Iraq War: Bypassing the Security Council -- Was It a "Unilateral" Policy? -- The Costs of Working through the UN -- Sensitivity to IO Constraints -- Regional Options: Constrained Forum Shopping -- International Reactions to Iraq 2003 -- The International Political Costs of the War -- 7. Conclusion: How the Security Council Matters -- Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy -- Beyond the Superpower -- The Security Council as a Political Institution -- Appendix: Selected Security Council Resolutions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Thompson surveys U.S. policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath.

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