Conclusions ..................................................................................................................
572
The UK
decision to support US military
action ..............................................................
573
UK policy
before
9/11 ..............................................................................................
573
The impact
of
9/11 ..................................................................................................
577
Decision to
take the UN
route .................................................................................
583
Negotiation
of resolution
1441 ................................................................................
585
The
prospect of military
action ................................................................................
587
The gap
between the Permanent Members of the Security Council
widens .......... 590
The end of
the UN
route .........................................................................................
597
Why Iraq?
Why
now? ....................................................................................................
607
Was Iraq a
serious or imminent
threat? ..................................................................
607
The
predicted increase in the threat to the UK as a result of military
action
in
Iraq ......................................................................................................................
614
The UK’s
relationship with the
US .................................................................................
617
The legal
basis for military action and the authority of the
UN ...................................... 621
Decision-making ...........................................................................................................
622
Collective
responsibility ..........................................................................................
623
Lessons .........................................................................................................................
630
571