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Syria and the chemical weapons taboo : exploiting the forbidden /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bentley, Michelle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2016].
Series:New approaches to conflict analysis.
Subjects:
Chemical warfare > Syria.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-
Syria > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Syria.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The chemical weapons taboo
  • pt. I A strategic taboo
  • 2. Setting the redline
  • 3. Ghouta and ideological innovation
  • 4. Obama's taboo
  • pt. II A failed taboo
  • 5. Chemical weapons and false hierarchies
  • 6. Escalating the crisis.