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W H Y W A R ? P H I L I P S M I T H W H Y W A R ? T H E C U L T U R A L L O G I C O F I R A Q , T H E G U L F W A R , A N D S U E Z THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS • CHICAGO AND LONDON PhilipSmithisassistantprofessorofsociologyanddeputydirectoroftheYaleCenterfor CulturalSociology.Heistheauthororcoauthorofseveralbooks,includingthewidely praisedCulturalTheory:AnIntroduction. TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637 TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Ltd.,London ©2005byTheUniversityofChicago Allrightsreserved.Published2005 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 1 2 3 4 5 isbn:0-226-76388-9(cloth) LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Smith,Philip(PhilipDaniel),1964– Whywar?:theculturallogicofIraq,theGulfWar,andSuez/PhilipSmith. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn0-226-76388-9(cloth:alk.paper) 1.Warandsociety. 2.War(Philosophy). 3.Politicalaspects. 4.Cultureconflict. 5.IrawWar,2003—Socialaspects. 6.PersianGulfWar,1991—Socialaspects. 7.Egypt—History—Intervention,1956. I.Title. hm554.s64 2006 303.6'6—dc22 2005011958 (cid:2)(cid:1)ThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsoftheAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ansiz39.48-1992. Thisbookisdedicatedtomyparents,RaymondandValerieSmith.Ihaveoften heardtheirown,morepersonalstoriesof“thewar”andlearnedinthisway somethingofthemeaningsofbothwarandpeace. CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix 1 WhyWar?:TheorizingtheRoleofCulture andCivilDiscourse 3 2 InvestigatingCultureinWar:Methodology, Causality,CaseStudies,andData 35 3 TheSuezCrisisof1956 56 4 TheGulfWarof1991 99 5 TheWarinIraqof2003 154 6 WarandNarrative 205 Postscript 229 Notes 231 References 237 Index 247 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book was written and researched while I had institutional affiliations at various locations: the sociology department at the University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles; the Juan March Institute in Madrid; the School of Social Science at the University of Queensland, Australia; and the Department of SociologyatYale.Sectionsofthisworkwereenabledbyfellowshipsupport fromtheDelAmoFoundationandtheUniversityofCalifornia.Agooddeal of time was spent collecting and analyzing data in the microform reading roomatUCLA,theSterlingMemorialLibraryatYale,andthelibraryofthe BritishConsulateinMadrid.Alongthewaycomments,challenges,andother feedbackonwrittenmaterialwerereceivedfromJohnHeritage,RonJacobs, ElizabethLong,MichaelMann,JeffPrager,BessRothenberg,IvanSzelenyi, EugeneWeber,MichaelWood,andthevariousmembersoftheUCLACul- tureClub.Therehavealsobeenmorediffuseinputsenroutefromdiverse friendsandcolleaguestoonumeroustonameindividually.Theentiremanu- scriptwasreadbyJeffAlexander,WendyGriswold,BarrySchwartz,andSteve Sherwood.IamespeciallygratefultoBarryforhislongandeloquentchal- lenges that forced clarifications and intensifications of my arguments even ifwecouldnotcometoanyfinalagreementonthelimitstoconstructivism. ManyenjoyableconversationswithEdmondWrightassistedmyunderstand- ingsoftherelationshipbetweenperception,knowledge,andstorytellingand haveshapedthisbookinsubtleways.ParticularrecognitionisduetoDoug Mitchellasaconsummateeditorandfordemonstratingthattheleapoffaith isnotsimplyametaphysicalconcept.DawnHallassistedthemetamorphosis

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