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Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 245 pp)

Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism John Hagan,... Book Reviews 183 Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 245 pp) Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War is an important contribution both to our understanding of the effects of the 2003–2011 Iraq war on its population, and to the present state of Sunni–Shia relations. It is a fine sociological work, and is unique in the literature for its extensive analysis of data spanning the military presence of the United States of America (‘US’) in Iraq during this period. The combination of qualitative witness accounts, quantitative surveys and data-based counterfactuals provide important evidence of the harm to the Iraqi people attributable to the US. Several theoretical frameworks are utilised to great effect in contextualising and interpreting the various primary and secondary sources. These include Charles Tilly’s conceptualisation of post-conflict state-building as ‘coercive 2 3 entrepreneurship’ and Cloward and Ohlin’s opportunity theory of crime. The text is predominately social scientific in its approach, with only slight attention paid to issues of international law. By way of example, exploration of the definitional issues attending the international legal concept of ‘aggression’ are eschewed in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Year Book of International Law Online Brill

Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 245 pp)

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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0084-7658
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10.1163/26660229-033-01-900000013
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Book Reviews 183 Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War: The Legal Cynicism of Criminal Militarism John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson (Cambridge University Press, 2015, 245 pp) Iraq and the Crimes of Aggressive War is an important contribution both to our understanding of the effects of the 2003–2011 Iraq war on its population, and to the present state of Sunni–Shia relations. It is a fine sociological work, and is unique in the literature for its extensive analysis of data spanning the military presence of the United States of America (‘US’) in Iraq during this period. The combination of qualitative witness accounts, quantitative surveys and data-based counterfactuals provide important evidence of the harm to the Iraqi people attributable to the US. Several theoretical frameworks are utilised to great effect in contextualising and interpreting the various primary and secondary sources. These include Charles Tilly’s conceptualisation of post-conflict state-building as ‘coercive 2 3 entrepreneurship’ and Cloward and Ohlin’s opportunity theory of crime. The text is predominately social scientific in its approach, with only slight attention paid to issues of international law. By way of example, exploration of the definitional issues attending the international legal concept of ‘aggression’ are eschewed in

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The Australian Year Book of International Law OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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