Exceptional wars : how were the US military interventions in the 'War on Terror' possible?
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Kenneth McDonagh, 'Exceptional wars : how were the US military interventions in the 'War on Terror' possible?', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2010, pp 445Download Item:
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Abstract:
How were the US military interventions in the 'War on Terror' possible? This thesis
argues that intervention in the 'War on Terror' was rendered possible through the
strategic use of language that located intervention as consistent with pre-existing
societal narratives of national identity in the American context, particularly those
associated with the idea of American Exceptionalism. The thesis will treat of the
Foreign Policy discourse of the Bush Administration after September 11th 2001 in
order to answer the above question. A secondary aim of this thesis is to contribute to
the growing body of literature that takes a Discourse Theory approach to the study of
International Relations.
Author: McDonagh, Kenneth
Advisor:
Hyland, EddieQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
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