Iraq, Terror, and the Philippines' Will to War

By James Tyner and James A. Tyner

Book Overview

After September 11, 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush put together a 'Coalition of the Willing.' From the very beginning this coalition included the Philippines, a willing participant in the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq and the larger War on Terror. This timely and persuasive book argues that the Philippines' recent foreign policy must be understood by considering three factors: the crucial role of overseas employment to the Philippine economy, the mendicant relationship between the Philippines and the United States, and the Catholicism of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This study of the Philippines' recent foreign policy examines the interconnections of international relations, transnational labor migration, military conflict, theology, and terrorism. It is unique in its explicit examination of peripheral states' participation in the War on Terror, the invasion of Iraq, and the Coalition of the Willing, as well as its willingness to discuss the religious context of a state's foreign policy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742538613
• ISBN13: 9780742538610
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

little known aspects of the GWOT

James Tyner does a marvellous job of illuminating the Phillipines' role in the GWOT, its relationship with the USA and its hasty withdrawal after the Al Qaeda kidnapping of one its contract laborers. It is a topic that has really merited no scrutiny by most authors. The book offers, at least in this reader's view, insights between the Phillipine state role in the GWOT, its potential for economic gain and the Phillipine President's decision to withdraw basically on religious grounds! Recommended reading for those with a penchant for topics avoided by the mainstream - highly readable, impressively documented.