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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

5. Managing the Consequences of War: Post-war Inquiries

Authors : Judith Betts, Mark Phythian

Published in: The Iraq War and Democratic Governance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The failure to find WMD in Iraq following the March 2003 invasion was the subject of, or background to, serial inquiries in the UK and Australia. This chapter examines the circumstances surrounding and findings of the first four of the five UK inquiries to consider the case for and decision to go to war; those undertaken by the Foreign Affairs Committee, Intelligence and Security Committee and the Hutton and Butler inquiries—and the two Australian inquiries; the Parliamentary (Jull) inquiry into Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and the Flood Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies. The chapter analyses the politics of these processes in terms of their creation, terms of reference, ability to access witnesses and evidence, findings, and the reception of their reports.

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Metadata
Title
Managing the Consequences of War: Post-war Inquiries
Authors
Judith Betts
Mark Phythian
Copyright Year
2020
Book
The Iraq War and Democratic Governance

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-50318-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-50319-2

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50319-2_5