Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock

When Iraq became a sovereign member of the League of Nations in 1932, the British quid pro quo was a provision in a treaty giving Britain rights to key bases and guarantees of immunity from local laws and taxes for military personnel. Commenting on the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker of the House Dennis...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:World policy journal 2006-09, Vol.23 (3), p.107-110
Main Author: Meyer, Karl E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appointments & personnel changes
Coda
Current affairs
Editing
Foreign Policy
General Interest
Historical Development
History
International cooperation
International Relations
Invasion
Islam
Middle East
Military air facilities
Military bases
Officials and employees
Periodical publishing
Politics
Public Policy
Speakers of the House
Television sets
Terrorism
United States of America
World wars
Wrigley, Linda
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by
cites
container_end_page 110
container_issue 3
container_start_page 107
container_title World policy journal
container_volume 23
creator Meyer, Karl E.
description When Iraq became a sovereign member of the League of Nations in 1932, the British quid pro quo was a provision in a treaty giving Britain rights to key bases and guarantees of immunity from local laws and taxes for military personnel. Commenting on the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert claims the story has been blown up by "ABC News, and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros."
doi_str_mv 10.1162/wopj.2006.23.3.107
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>gale_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60320960</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><galeid>A155751161</galeid><jstor_id>40210038</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>A155751161</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c640t-829f3ce04d2833305fcc5b53f3059fc68e4d3de10c148cbec107056f2056b0533</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqNkm2LEzEQxxdRsJ5-AUEpvhAObtdJstmHl0fRs1htwaeXIc1Oyva2m71kF-_u0ztl5aBStAQmYeb3H2YyE0UvGSSMZfzdL9dtEw6QJVwkImGQP4omrBRZDCVPH0cTyFOIeZ7Lp9GzELYAjHPGJ9Hrldd1wIvpari_bzBcTHVbTVeu6-6MM9fPoydWNwFf_LnPou8f3n-bfYwXy6v57HIRmyyFPi54aYVBSCteCCFAWmPkWgpLz9KarMC0EhUyMCwtzBoNFQgys5zMGqQQZ9HbMW_n3c2AoVe7OhhsGt2iG4LKQHAoyf4PlGVeilKWBL75C9y6wbfUhOKCyyKn9gmKR2ijG1R1a13vtdlgi143rkVbk_uSSZlL-mZGfHKEp1PhrjZHBecHAmJ6vO03eghBfVrNT2bnX7-czi5_nM5-_nkyW1wtDtn4GGtc0-AGFe3HbHnI85E33oXg0arO1zvt7xQDtd9itd9itd9iGpES5M5J9GoUbUPv_IMiBc4AREFxOcar4RqHziPV-TDof-T9DaUk9us</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>232587212</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock</title><source>Business Source Ultimate【Trial: -2024/12/31】【Remote access available】</source><source>JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection</source><source>PAIS Index</source><source>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</source><creator>Meyer, Karl E.</creator><creatorcontrib>Meyer, Karl E.</creatorcontrib><description>When Iraq became a sovereign member of the League of Nations in 1932, the British quid pro quo was a provision in a treaty giving Britain rights to key bases and guarantees of immunity from local laws and taxes for military personnel. Commenting on the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert claims the story has been blown up by "ABC News, and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros."</description><identifier>ISSN: 0740-2775</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1936-0924</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1162/wopj.2006.23.3.107</identifier><identifier>CODEN: WPJOEW</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Durham: Duke University Press</publisher><subject>Appointments &amp; personnel changes ; Coda ; Current affairs ; Editing ; Foreign Policy ; General Interest ; Historical Development ; History ; International cooperation ; International Relations ; Invasion ; Islam ; Middle East ; Military air facilities ; Military bases ; Officials and employees ; Periodical publishing ; Politics ; Public Policy ; Speakers of the House ; Television sets ; Terrorism ; United States of America ; World wars ; Wrigley, Linda</subject><ispartof>World policy journal, 2006-09, Vol.23 (3), p.107-110</ispartof><rights>Copyright 2006 World Policy Institute</rights><rights>COPYRIGHT 2006 Sage Publications, Inc.</rights><rights>Copyright World Policy Institute Fall 2006</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40210038$$EPDF$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/40210038$$EHTML$$P50$$Gjstor$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,27866,27924,27925,58238,58471</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>Meyer, Karl E.</creatorcontrib><title>Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock</title><title>World policy journal</title><addtitle>World Policy Journal</addtitle><description>When Iraq became a sovereign member of the League of Nations in 1932, the British quid pro quo was a provision in a treaty giving Britain rights to key bases and guarantees of immunity from local laws and taxes for military personnel. Commenting on the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert claims the story has been blown up by "ABC News, and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros."</description><subject>Appointments &amp; personnel changes</subject><subject>Coda</subject><subject>Current affairs</subject><subject>Editing</subject><subject>Foreign Policy</subject><subject>General Interest</subject><subject>Historical Development</subject><subject>History</subject><subject>International cooperation</subject><subject>International Relations</subject><subject>Invasion</subject><subject>Islam</subject><subject>Middle East</subject><subject>Military air facilities</subject><subject>Military bases</subject><subject>Officials and employees</subject><subject>Periodical publishing</subject><subject>Politics</subject><subject>Public Policy</subject><subject>Speakers of the House</subject><subject>Television sets</subject><subject>Terrorism</subject><subject>United States of America</subject><subject>World wars</subject><subject>Wrigley, Linda</subject><issn>0740-2775</issn><issn>1936-0924</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2006</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>7TQ</sourceid><sourceid>7UB</sourceid><recordid>eNqNkm2LEzEQxxdRsJ5-AUEpvhAObtdJstmHl0fRs1htwaeXIc1Oyva2m71kF-_u0ztl5aBStAQmYeb3H2YyE0UvGSSMZfzdL9dtEw6QJVwkImGQP4omrBRZDCVPH0cTyFOIeZ7Lp9GzELYAjHPGJ9Hrldd1wIvpari_bzBcTHVbTVeu6-6MM9fPoydWNwFf_LnPou8f3n-bfYwXy6v57HIRmyyFPi54aYVBSCteCCFAWmPkWgpLz9KarMC0EhUyMCwtzBoNFQgys5zMGqQQZ9HbMW_n3c2AoVe7OhhsGt2iG4LKQHAoyf4PlGVeilKWBL75C9y6wbfUhOKCyyKn9gmKR2ijG1R1a13vtdlgi143rkVbk_uSSZlL-mZGfHKEp1PhrjZHBecHAmJ6vO03eghBfVrNT2bnX7-czi5_nM5-_nkyW1wtDtn4GGtc0-AGFe3HbHnI85E33oXg0arO1zvt7xQDtd9itd9itd9iGpES5M5J9GoUbUPv_IMiBc4AREFxOcar4RqHziPV-TDof-T9DaUk9us</recordid><startdate>20060922</startdate><enddate>20060922</enddate><creator>Meyer, Karl E.</creator><general>Duke University Press</general><general>MIT Press</general><general>Sage Publications, Inc</general><general>Duke University Press, NC &amp; IL</general><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>8GL</scope><scope>IMW</scope><scope>IOV</scope><scope>ISN</scope><scope>KPI</scope><scope>7TQ</scope><scope>7UB</scope><scope>DHY</scope><scope>DON</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20060922</creationdate><title>Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock</title><author>Meyer, Karl E.</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c640t-829f3ce04d2833305fcc5b53f3059fc68e4d3de10c148cbec107056f2056b0533</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2006</creationdate><topic>Appointments &amp; personnel changes</topic><topic>Coda</topic><topic>Current affairs</topic><topic>Editing</topic><topic>Foreign Policy</topic><topic>General Interest</topic><topic>Historical Development</topic><topic>History</topic><topic>International cooperation</topic><topic>International Relations</topic><topic>Invasion</topic><topic>Islam</topic><topic>Middle East</topic><topic>Military air facilities</topic><topic>Military bases</topic><topic>Officials and employees</topic><topic>Periodical publishing</topic><topic>Politics</topic><topic>Public Policy</topic><topic>Speakers of the House</topic><topic>Television sets</topic><topic>Terrorism</topic><topic>United States of America</topic><topic>World wars</topic><topic>Wrigley, Linda</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Meyer, Karl E.</creatorcontrib><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Gale In Context: High School</collection><collection>Gale In Context: World History</collection><collection>Gale_Opposing Viewpoints In Context</collection><collection>Gale In Context: Canada</collection><collection>Global Issues</collection><collection>PAIS Index</collection><collection>Worldwide Political Science Abstracts</collection><collection>PAIS International</collection><collection>PAIS International (Ovid)</collection><jtitle>World policy journal</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Meyer, Karl E.</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock</atitle><jtitle>World policy journal</jtitle><addtitle>World Policy Journal</addtitle><date>2006-09-22</date><risdate>2006</risdate><volume>23</volume><issue>3</issue><spage>107</spage><epage>110</epage><pages>107-110</pages><issn>0740-2775</issn><eissn>1936-0924</eissn><coden>WPJOEW</coden><abstract>When Iraq became a sovereign member of the League of Nations in 1932, the British quid pro quo was a provision in a treaty giving Britain rights to key bases and guarantees of immunity from local laws and taxes for military personnel. Commenting on the Mark Foley scandal, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert claims the story has been blown up by "ABC News, and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros."</abstract><cop>Durham</cop><pub>Duke University Press</pub><doi>10.1162/wopj.2006.23.3.107</doi><tpages>4</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0740-2775
ispartof World policy journal, 2006-09, Vol.23 (3), p.107-110
issn 0740-2775
1936-0924
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_60320960
source Business Source Ultimate【Trial: -2024/12/31】【Remote access available】; JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection; PAIS Index; Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
subjects Appointments & personnel changes
Coda
Current affairs
Editing
Foreign Policy
General Interest
Historical Development
History
International cooperation
International Relations
Invasion
Islam
Middle East
Military air facilities
Military bases
Officials and employees
Periodical publishing
Politics
Public Policy
Speakers of the House
Television sets
Terrorism
United States of America
World wars
Wrigley, Linda
title Praise, Puzzles, and Poppycock
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-06T07%3A36%3A29IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-gale_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Praise,%20Puzzles,%20and%20Poppycock&rft.jtitle=World%20policy%20journal&rft.au=Meyer,%20Karl%20E.&rft.date=2006-09-22&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=107&rft.epage=110&rft.pages=107-110&rft.issn=0740-2775&rft.eissn=1936-0924&rft.coden=WPJOEW&rft_id=info:doi/10.1162/wopj.2006.23.3.107&rft_dat=%3Cgale_proqu%3EA155751161%3C/gale_proqu%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c640t-829f3ce04d2833305fcc5b53f3059fc68e4d3de10c148cbec107056f2056b0533%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=232587212&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_galeid=A155751161&rft_jstor_id=40210038&rfr_iscdi=true