The Blair identity

Leadership and foreign policy

By: Stephen Dyson

Write A Review

Hardcover | 21 July 2009

At a Glance

Hardcover
174 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.1

Hardcover

$214.49

or 4 interest-free payments of $53.62 with

or

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style--the Blair identity--manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due to his black-and-white framing of the world, his overwhelming confidence that he could shape events, and his tightly-held, presidential style of government. This new application of political psychology to the British prime ministership analyses every answer Blair gave to a foreign policy question in the House of Commons during his decade in power in order to develop a portrait of the prime minister as decision maker. Drawing upon original interviews with major political, diplomatic and military figures at the top of British politics, the book reconstructs Blair's wars, tracing his personal influence on British foreign policy and international politics during his tumultuous tenure.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in British & Irish History

Elizabeth II

In Private. In Public. The Inside Story.

Hardcover

RRP $50.00

$38.75

22%
OFF

Abandoned Women : Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Say Nothing

True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

Paperback

RRP $27.99

$21.75

22%
OFF

The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Rest is History

The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Hoax

Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment

Hardcover

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF

This Door of the Seas : Darkland Tales - Jo Sharp

$69.75

18%
OFF

Revenge

Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF

Unruly

A History of England's Kings and Queens

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$21.99

19%
OFF

The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects : A Material History - Elizabeth Crawford

$29.75

20%
OFF

Betrayal

Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family - From the bestselling author of Revenge

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

Voices of Liberty : Black Radical Revolution and Diplomatic Abolitionism in Britain's Atlantic World - Lewis Eliot

$78.75

The Palgrave Handbook of Black British Dance - Adesola Akinleye

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

The convict who became Australia's richest businesswoman

Paperback

RRP $35.99

$29.75

17%
OFF

Paddy Mayne

Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)

Paperback

RRP $37.99

$35.99

Divide & Rule

Royal Women and their Battles

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.99

19%
OFF

Normal Women

900 Years Of Making History

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF

Amongst Our Weapons

Book 9 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$18.99

24%
OFF

British Imperial Governance and Religion

Hardcover

$440.75

List of tables	p. vii
Blair's wars	p. 1
Neoclassical realism and leader psychology: a theory of foreign policy	p. 10
Tony Blair's personality and leadership style	p. 25
The Kosovo and Sierra Leone interventions	p. 47
September 11 and die 'war on terror'	p. 70
Iraq - Blair's war	p. 98
Postwar Iraq	p. 132
The Blair balance sheet	p. 150
Index	p. 161
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

The Blair identity

Leadership and foreign policy

At a Glance

Hardcover

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

Other Editions and Formats

ePUB

More in British & Irish History

Elizabeth II

In Private. In Public. The Inside Story.

Abandoned Women : Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas

Say Nothing

True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

The Anarchy

The Relentless Rise of the East India Company

The Rest is History

The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

Hoax

Truth and Lies in the Age of Enlightenment

This Door of the Seas

Darkland Tales

British Gardens

Revenge

Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors

Unruly

A History of England's Kings and Queens

The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects

A Material History

The Fallen

The Magdalene Laundries and Ireland's Legacy of Silence

Betrayal

Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family - From the bestselling author of Revenge

Voices of Liberty

Black Radical Revolution and Diplomatic Abolitionism in Britain's Atlantic World

All Around Is Fairy Ground

Pleasure and the Regency Garden

The Palgrave Handbook of Black British Dance

Yesterday

The United Kingdom from Thatcher to Covid

The Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval England

Visitors to the Fourteenth Century

The Remarkable Mrs Reibey

The convict who became Australia's richest businesswoman

Paddy Mayne

Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment (The true story behind the hit TV show SAS Rogue Heroes)

Divide & Rule

Royal Women and their Battles

Normal Women

900 Years Of Making History

Amongst Our Weapons

Book 9 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series

British Imperial Governance and Religion

This product is categorised by