Colombia Internacional

Colomb. int. | eISSN 1900-6004 | ISSN 0121-5612

La tercera guerra del Golfo: los Estados Unidos contra Iraq, 2003

No. 55 (2002-05-01)
  • Luis E. Bosemberg
    Profesor asociado del Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de los Andes. Recibido: 03/03/003 - Aprobado: 04/08/003.

Abstract

From a longue duree perspective the third Gulf War is examined as the confrontation between tuvo states in a struggle for power. The , nicle utilizes a historical framework to present the conflict between the United States and Iraq, not as a simple exercise of U.S. imperialism, but rather as process with unique dynamics and common interests in the región that build upon the logic of territorial expansión characterizing earlier periods. The author adopts an analytical posture regarding the conflict characterizedby a dual argument in which official versions ofthe war are contrasted with critical ones in order to then analy zethe feasibility ofa democratic order in the región.

Keywords: gulf war, regional order, imperialism, expansión, terrorism, nationalism

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