Conspiracy Theory and American Foreign Policy

Tim Aistrope (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2016
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-9919-9 (ISBN)

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This study examines the relationship between secrecy, power and interpretation around international political controversy, where foreign policy orthodoxy comes up hard against alternative interpretations. It does so in the context of American foreign policy during the War on Terror, a conflict that was quintessentially covert and conspiratorial. -- .

Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy examines the relationship between secrecy, power and interpretation around international controversy, where foreign policy orthodoxy comes up hard against alternative interpretations. It does so in the context of US foreign policy during the War on Terror, a conflict that was covert and conspiratorial to its core.

Offering a new dimension to debates on post-truth politics, this book critically examines the ‘Arab-Muslim paranoia narrative’: the view that Arab-Muslim resentment towards America is motivated to some degree by a paranoid perception of American power in the Middle East. This narrative is traced from its roots in a post-War liberal understanding of populism through to foreign policy debates about the origins of 9/11, to the strategic heart of the Bush Administration’s War of Ideas. Balancing conceptual innovation with detailed case analysis, Aistrope provides a window into the ideological commitments of the US War on Terror.

Offering a fascinating insight into conspiracy and paranoia, this book is essential reading for those interested in the relationship between secrecy, power, and contemporary politics. -- .

Tim Aistrope is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Kent -- .

Introduction

Part I: Conceptualising conspiracy theory
1 The paranoid style in international politics
2 Conspiracy culture

Part II: Conspiracy discourse in the War on Terror
3 Strategies of deterrence and frames of containment
4 The War of Ideas
5 Conspiracy, misinformation and public diplomacy

Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	02.03.2016
Reihe/Serie	New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
Zusatzinfo	Halftones, black & white
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7190-9919-6 / 0719099196
ISBN-13	978-0-7190-9919-9 / 9780719099199
Zustand	Neuware