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The War Of Deception, Operation Iraqi Freedom

Olsson, Gustav LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This Bachelor thesis will go into depth of how the rhetorical arguments used by the Bush
administration led to the justification of war against Saddam Hussien’s regime in Iraq 2003. This will
be accomplished through the application of normative theory and its dif erent types of instruments,
used on Bush himself and one of his colleagues in the Bush Administration, Paul Wolfowitz, who had
the key influence over the decision making process. The goal of the paper is to try and explain the
motives behind the invasion, and how the administration managed to justify their actions for a war,
amplified through a normative analysis. In the end, the overarching goal will be to find a bigger
picture of how these issues could be justified - and... (More)
This Bachelor thesis will go into depth of how the rhetorical arguments used by the Bush
administration led to the justification of war against Saddam Hussien’s regime in Iraq 2003. This will
be accomplished through the application of normative theory and its dif erent types of instruments,
used on Bush himself and one of his colleagues in the Bush Administration, Paul Wolfowitz, who had
the key influence over the decision making process. The goal of the paper is to try and explain the
motives behind the invasion, and how the administration managed to justify their actions for a war,
amplified through a normative analysis. In the end, the overarching goal will be to find a bigger
picture of how these issues could be justified - and if they, in fact, were justified through the dif erent
normative instruments. Thus, the main focus of this work. (Less)
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author
Olsson, Gustav LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Iraq war, Bush administration, Paul Wolfowitz, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Justification, WMDs
language
English
id
9097316
alternative location
https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=9097316&fileOId=9097318&cover=0
date added to LUP
2022-10-12 15:11:44
date last changed
2022-10-12 15:11:44
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  abstract     = {{This Bachelor thesis will go into depth of how the rhetorical arguments used by the Bush
administration led to the justification of war against Saddam Hussien’s regime in Iraq 2003. This will
be accomplished through the application of normative theory and its dif erent types of instruments,
used on Bush himself and one of his colleagues in the Bush Administration, Paul Wolfowitz, who had
the key influence over the decision making process. The goal of the paper is to try and explain the
motives behind the invasion, and how the administration managed to justify their actions for a war,
amplified through a normative analysis. In the end, the overarching goal will be to find a bigger
picture of how these issues could be justified - and if they, in fact, were justified through the dif erent
normative instruments. Thus, the main focus of this work.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Gustav}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The War Of Deception, Operation Iraqi Freedom}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}