Iraq Crimes Aggressive War Cambridge Studies Law Society Anna Han… 9781107104532

Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive WarThe Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism\nAuthor(s): John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, Anna Hanson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107104532, 978-1107104532\nSynopsis\nFrom the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 w.