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New Internationalist
"Rogers′ analysis is insightful and his damning appraisal of the past, and pessimistic vision of the future, are sobering."
Political Studies Review
"A very good overview of the motives and consequences of US policy since 9/11. Rogers is particularly good at analysis of military affairs, but ably locates it within the wider political context and provides some revealing insights."
International Affairs
"Rogers writes with authority and incisiveness."
Times Higher Education
"Paul Rogers is one of the foremost British academic commentators on the American–led ′war on terror′. Like all ambitious and mature scholars, he takes as his field the entire terrain of conflict, from the technological and economic factors, to the political, social and ideational factors that have shaped public policy. Rogers′ view is refreshing because he is not bound by the traditional strictures of critical political economy that tend to place undue emphasis on single factors. While he quite rightly places the economics of national interest squarely in his sights, he also takes a great deal of effort to show how both technological and ideational factors come into play."
International Peacekeeping.
"Paul Rogers has produced the best guide I have read to the post–9/11 international security environment; its origins, nature, and consequences."
Mark Phythian, University of Leicester
"Paul Rogers′ short book packs a mass of tough wisdom and reasoned provocation into its 180 pages. He sees the war in Iraq as a delusion; one that condemns us to a long war against ′Islamo–fascism′. This book is not prescriptive, but challenges us all to a debate. Everyone involved with the practice and policy of national security should read, think and argue about it."
Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold, Royal United Services Institute
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Well over 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, many tens of thousands have been detained without trial, and torture, prisoner abuse and rendition have sullied the reputation of the United States and its coalition partners.
Why We′re Losing the War on Terror examines the reasons for the failure, focusing on American political and military attitudes, the impact of 9/11, the fallacy of a New American Century, the role of oil and, above all, the consummate failure to go beyond a narrow western view of the world.
More significantly, it argues that the disaster of the war may have a huge if unexpected bonus. Its very failure will make it possible to completely re–think western attitudes to global security, moving towards a sustainable policy that will be much more effective in addressing the real threats to global security – the widening socio–economic divide and climate change.
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Part 1 examines US politics prior to 9/11, scrutinising Bush administration foreign and defence policy, focusing on the influence of neoconservatives in determining the US response. It investigates the US military context and major changes in military posture of the 1990's when they became the sole superpower capable of deploying a military machine unmatched by any other global power. Finally, it surveys the depths of US oil security and the unique significance of the oil reserves of the Persian Gulf.
Part 2 explores developments in Afghanistan and Iraq and studies the US struggle to overcome the "al-Qaida" movement. It sets out the aims of the US operation and compares and contrasts them with the known outcomes, providing an analysis of the main reasons why the so-called war on terror is proving to be very different to the first expectations of the US and its coalition partners.
Part 3 considers the consequences of US policy and assesses whether other policies might have been more appropriate. It spotlights Iraq, Afghanistan and the al-Qaida movement and questions whether US failures may prompt an overhaul of the western security posture, described as the "control paradigm".
Professor Rogers questions the appropriateness of the US "control" stance as a global system of security when being presented with a range of security issues, due to the widening global socio-economic divide and asks if it would be better to pursue a "sustainable security" paradigm. A model which could lead to alternatives that avoid the violence, suffering and misery created by the US so-called failed war on terror.
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