Paul Cornish is Director of the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. He has served in the British Army and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He has lectured in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London (Joint Services Command and Staff College) and at the University of Cambridge and was NATO Research Fellow 2000-2002. Dr Cornish has published widely and his principal research interests include the international arms trade, European security and the ethics of the use of armed force.

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• Foreword; L.Freedman Introduction; P.Cornish PART I: CONTEXT British and US Coalition Approaches to State-Building and Reconstruction in Iraq; L.Sandys The Diplomacy that Led to War in Iraq; M.Clarke The US-UK Special Relationship After Iraq; J.Sharp Turkey, The United States and Iraq; B.Park International Law and the Use of Force against Iraq; G.Verdirame PART II: CAMPAIGN Military Concepts and Planning; P.Wilkinson & T.Garden Campaign Analysis: Ground and Aitr Forces; P.Wilkinson & T.Garden Campaign Analysis: Maritime Forces; J.Kidd The United States and the War on Iraq; A.Dorman Iraq's Asymmetric Counter Strategy; W.Q.Bowen SECTION III: CONSEQUENCES Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Weapons: Lessons from the Conflict in Iraq; S.Martin Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Iraq: Lessons Unlearned; K.von Hippel Symbols and Slogans: Arab Responses to the War against Iraq; A.Pargeter The Economic Consequences of the War; D.Sagramoso Unfinished Business; J.Garnett CONCLUSION Iraq 2003: Parallel Warfare and Parallel Politics; P.Cornish