| ID | 127810 |
| Title Proper | American occupation regime in comparative perspective |
| Other Title Information | the case of Iraq |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lammers, Cornelis J |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Taking as a starting point the case of Iraq, it is argued that the administration of this country by the Coalition from May 2003 onward, is an American example of a culture-bound type of occupation. Already in the early eighteenth-century international differences in occupation regimes between France, England, and the Dutch Republic are discernable. Therefore, in all likelihood, the United States also developed in the course of their history a characteristic pattern of controlling foreign territories. This American modus occupandi could very well stem from the English style of occupying, but may differ in two important respects: it usually is a "short-winded affair," and it can either come down to a rather peaceful "laissez-faire" or to a war-like type of occupation. Finally, the question is discussed in how far such a style of occupation can result in a more or less "constructive" form of foreign domination. In the author's impression, occupational "success" or "failure" probably depends as much, if not more, on the state of the occupied system-to wit, the degree of unison between native elites-as on the strategy of the occupant. |
| `In' analytical Note | Armed Forces and Society Vol. 40, No.1; Jan 2014: p.49-70 |
| Journal Source | Armed Forces and Society Vol. 40, No.1; Jan 2014: p.49-70 |
| Key Words | Occupation Regimes ; American Style of Occupation ; Foreign Domination ; Legitimate Authority ; Native and Loyal Elites |