Securitization and the Iraq War

The rules of engagement in world politics

Faye Donnelly (University of St Andrews, UK)

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Routledge
09 August 2013

Iraq War; International relations; Defence strategy, planning & research

Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

"This book critiques the conceptualization of security found in mainstream and critical theoretical debates, and applies this to the empirical case of the 2003 Iraq War.

The Iraq War represents one of the most puzzling, complex, and controversial events in the post-Cold War era. The manner in which the Bush administration finally decided to hold Saddam Hussein accountable through military intervention provoked a worldwide outcry due to the narratives they constructed to justify the ""pre-emptive use of force"" and ""enhanced interrogation techniques.""

Responding to constructivist and post-structuralist scholars' calls for a turn to discourse, and aligning its argument with critical security studies, particularly the Copenhagen School (CS), this book conceptualizes language as a pivotal mechanism of power. Adopting a Wittgensteinian approach, it moves away from thinking about the nexus between security and language from a single action, or speech act, to a series of actions or interactions. To illustrate this new approach, the author examines two cases in particular: the UN inspectors' finding that there was no credible evidence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in early 2003 and the Abu Ghraib scandal in 2004. Both events show that the boundaries and relations between securitized rules and environments are not pre-given but produced in a particular language game.

This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, US foreign policy, and IR in general."

By: Faye Donnelly (University of St Andrews UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9780415518116
ISBN 10: 0415518113
Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 09 August 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Why Language Matters 2. Speaking Security: Securitisation and its Limitations 3. From a Speech Act towards a Language Game 4. Abu Ghraib: The Limits of a Language Game Conclusion: A Different Way of Speaking Security: Conclusions and Developments

Faye Donnelly is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, and has PhD in International Relations.