| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | 第7-14页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS | 第14-15页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第15页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第16-18页 |
| Background | 第16-18页 |
| LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-33页 |
| Methodology | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter Analyses | 第32-33页 |
| CHAPTER 1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK | 第33-59页 |
| 1.1 Understanding Hegemony | 第33-38页 |
| 1.2 What is Hegemonic Realism? | 第38-41页 |
| 1.3 The Iraq War and Hegemonic Realism | 第41-44页 |
| 1.4 Different Theoretical views of the Causes of Iraq's Invasion | 第44-59页 |
| 1.4.1 Realism | 第44-48页 |
| 1.4.2 Liberalism | 第48-50页 |
| 1.4.3 Elite Interests | 第50-53页 |
| 1.4.4 Ideological and Non-rational Influences/ Personality and social psychology | 第53-59页 |
| CHAPTER 2 AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ | 第59-89页 |
| 2.1 U.S Foreign Policy Objective and Strategies in the Middle East | 第59-68页 |
| 2.2 The Bush Doctrine in the Middle East | 第68-74页 |
| 2.3 The Bush Doctrine and the 2003 Iraq War | 第74-89页 |
| CHAPTER 3 REASONS FOR THE INVASION OF IRAQ (OFFICIAL and NONOFFICIAL) | 第89-122页 |
| 3.1 Official Reasons | 第89-102页 |
| 3.1.1 The Fight against Terrorism and Iraq as a Sponsor of Terrorism | 第89-92页 |
| 3.1.2 Elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction | 第92-96页 |
| 3.1.3 Elimination of Saddam Hussein and His Baathist Party and Democratizationof Iraq "The Domino Effect" | 第96-99页 |
| 3.1.4 Iraq as a Visible Enemy | 第99-102页 |
| 3.2 Unofficial Reasons for the Iraq Invasion | 第102-105页 |
| 3.3 Legitimacy Question about the Iraq War | 第105-122页 |
| 3.3.1 The Principle of Pre-emptive Self-defense and United Nations Charter | 第106-109页 |
| 3.3.2 Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) Position on Preemption | 第109-110页 |
| 3.3.3 Right to Self-defense action with respect to threats to the peace, breaches ofthe peace and acts of aggression | 第110-114页 |
| 3.3.4 The prohibition to use force after Iraq | 第114-116页 |
| 3.3.5 Just war and regime change | 第116-118页 |
| 3.3.6 Just War Principles and Iraq War | 第118-121页 |
| 3.3.7 Regional Allies Widely Oppose a U.S. Attack | 第121-122页 |
| CHAPTER 4 U.S FAILURES TOWARDS THE INVASION OF IRAQ | 第122-150页 |
| 4.1 Morality/ Failure to Consider the Morality of Going to War | 第122-124页 |
| 4.1.1 Right Intention/Last Resort | 第123页 |
| 4.1.2 Just Cause: | 第123页 |
| 4.1.3 Right Authority | 第123-124页 |
| 4.1.4 Proportionality: | 第124页 |
| 4.2 Failure to Consider the Morality of Occupation | 第124-127页 |
| 4.2.1 Failure to Provide Adequate Security | 第125-126页 |
| 4.2.2 Establishing the Rule of Law | 第126页 |
| 4.2.3 Failure to Promote Economic Reconstruction and the Development of Just andDemocratic Political Structures | 第126-127页 |
| 4.3 Failures in Preparation | 第127-136页 |
| 4.3.1 Lack of Postwar Planning: | 第127-130页 |
| 4.3.2 Weak Civilian Capacity/ Inadequate Staffing | 第130-132页 |
| 4.3.3 Inadequate Troops: | 第132-134页 |
| 4.3.4 Military Not Oriented Toward Counterinsurgency | 第134-135页 |
| 4.3.5 Weak Diplomacy | 第135-136页 |
| 4.4 Failures of Occupation | 第136-146页 |
| 4.4.1 Disbanding the Iraqi Army | 第137-138页 |
| 4.4.2 De-Baathification | 第138-139页 |
| 4.4.3 Failure to Stop Looting and Recognize the Incipient Insurgency | 第139-142页 |
| 4.4.4 Vacillation on Political Plans | 第142-144页 |
| 4.4.5 Pushing Too Hard on Political and Economic Transformation | 第144-145页 |
| 4.4.6 Moving Too Slowly on Reconstruction | 第145-146页 |
| 4.5 Failure to Provide Evidence of Iraqi Links to A1 Qaeda or Other Anti-American Terrorists | 第146-147页 |
| 4.6 Failure to Produce Firm Proof that Iraq was Developing Weapons of Mass Destruction | 第147-150页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONSEQUENCES OF THE IRAQ INVASION | 第150-172页 |
| 5.1 CONSEQUENCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST | 第151-162页 |
| 5.1.1 Intensified Sectarian Strife | 第151-152页 |
| 5.1.2 Shifting of Traditional Balance-of-Power Dynamics to the Non-Arab States | 第152-155页 |
| 5.1.3 The Conflict Exacerbated the Kurdish Challenge for Turkey and Has LedAnkara toward Greater Regional Activism and More Cooperation with Iran | 第155-157页 |
| 5.1.4 Effect on the appeal and momentum of democratic reform in the Middle East | 第157-158页 |
| 5.1.5 The Iraq War Has Reinforced and Created Strategic Challenges for Israel | 第158-160页 |
| 5.1.6 Civilian Casualties of the Iraq war | 第160-161页 |
| 5.1.7 Iraq war Generated Refugees in the Region | 第161-162页 |
| 5.2 CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICA | 第162-166页 |
| 5.2.1 United States Military Casualties | 第162-163页 |
| 5.2.2 Effect on Popular and Official view of United States | 第163-164页 |
| 5.2.3 The Impact of the Iraq War on US Foreign Policy | 第164-166页 |
| 5.3 CONSEQUENCES ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE | 第166-172页 |
| 5.3.1 Global Rise in terrorist Incidents | 第166-167页 |
| 5.3.2 Iraq War Offered an Attractive Narrative of Resistance to Aggrieved Muslims | 第167-168页 |
| 5.3.3 The Rise of ISIS | 第168-169页 |
| 5.3.4 Iraqi War Generated Huge Numbers Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons | 第169-172页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第172-182页 |
| REFERENCES | 第182-186页 |
| 学位论文评阅及答辩情况表 | 第186页 |
