Holland, J and Aaronson, M (2014) Dominance through Coercion: Strategic Rhetorical Balancing and the Tactics of Justification in Afghanistan and Libya. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 8 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1750-2977
Abstract
This article analyses British and American justifications for military intervention in the decade following 9/11. Taking Afghanistan in 2001 and Libya in 2011 as the main case studies, the article explores the ways in which political elites attempt to achieve policy dominance through rhetorical coercion, whereby potential opponents are left unable to formulate a socially sustainable rebuttal. Specifically, in these case studies, the article explores the use of strategic rhetorical balancing, whereby secondary rationales for intervention are emphasized as part of a tactic of justification designed to secure doubters' acquiescence by narrowing the discursive space in which an alternative counter-narrative could be successfully and sustainably formulated.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014, the Authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Createive Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, trans- formed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | intervention, rhetoric, language, Afghanistan, Libya |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2016 11:12 |
Last Modified: | 24 Mar 2016 11:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2013.856126 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17502977.2013.856126 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93329 |