Ramesh Thakur & Jack Cunningham 
Australia, Canada, and Iraq [EPUB ebook] 
Perspectives on an Invasion

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.



When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America’s partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many, including Canada, refused to take part. However the war in Iraq was viewed at the time, though, it is clear that that war and the war in Afghanistan have had a profound and lasting impact on international relations.




Australia, Canada, and Iraq collects essays by fifteen esteemed academics, officials, and politicians, including the prime ministers of Australia and Canada at the time of the war — John Howard and Jean Chretién, respectively. This volume takes advantage of the perspective offered by the decade since the war to provide a clearer understanding of the Australian and Canadian decisions regarding Iraq, and indeed of the invasion itself.

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Contents

• Introduction Jack Cunningham and Ramesh Thakur


• 1. Staying Out of Iraq Reflections by the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien 


• 2. We Were Right to Invade Iraq The Right Honourable John Howard 


• 3. Parliamentary Democracies at War: A Panel Discussion 


• 4. The Shock of the Iraq War, and Awe at the Lingering Effects of the Folly Ramesh Thakur 


• 5. The Iraq Invasion and U.S.-U.N. Relations Roger Coate 


• 6. The U.S. Alliance of Strategic Cousins John Blaxland 


• 7. Australia’s International Deployments in Historical Perspective William Maley 


• 8. War and the Canadian Liberal Conscience John English 


• 9. Why Australia Invaded Iraq: A Study in Alliance Management Hugh White 


• 10. Cheerleaders of Folly: Australia’s Misguided Attempt to be a Good Ally Charles Sampford 


• 11. Taking the Off-Ramp: Canadian Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Decision-Making before the Iraq War Timothy Andrews Sayle 


• 12. Toujours la Politesse? The “Impolite No” on Iraq in Historical Perspective Kim Richard Nossal 


• 13. The Politics of Disarmament: Canada and the Invasion of Iraq, 2002-03 Jack Cunningham


• 14. Australian Public Opinion Toward the Iraq War Ian Mc Allister


• Appendix


• Index

Om författaren

Jack Cunningham is the program coordinator of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto. He lives in Toronto.