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Description edit
From the editors of the 1991 anthology The Gulf War Reader comes a comprehensive guide "to the most urgent foreign policy questions of our time." Culled from a wide variety of sources, these essays, commentaries, and official documents cover the entire scope of the conflict with particular... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Saddam Hussein: Add a description of this character.
- George Bush
- Bill Clinton
- Dick Cheney
- Lawrence
- Osama Bin Laden
- George W. Bush
- Ronald Reagan
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Hitler
- Annan
- Ekeus
- Muslim
- Ansar
- Chalabi
- Tariq Aziz
- Faisal
- Kagan
- Fairbanks
- Colin Powell
- Qassim
- Henry Kissinger
- Haass
- Knowlton
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Gore
- Stalin
- Blix
- Richard Butler
- Chomsky
- Richard Perle
- Daniel
- Sharon
- Blair
- Khomeini
- Rice
Setting & Locations edit
- Iraq
- United States
- America
- Kuwait
- Baghdad
- Iran
- Washington
- Afghanistan
- Saudi Arabia
- Middle East
- Britain
- Israel
- White House
- Pakistan
- Russia
- France
- North Korea
- India
- China
- Europe
- Persian Gulf
- Japan
- Syria
- Turkey
- Germany
- Basra
- Egypt
- London
- Jordan
- Islam
- Vietnam
- Kirkuk
- Riyadh
- Palestine
- Kurdistan
- Soviet Union
- Kosovo
- New York
- South Korea
- Cairo
- Al Qaeda
- Africa
- Halabja
- Bosnia
- Balkans
- Tehran
- Lebanon
First Sentence edit
The new crusaders from the United States and Europe, along with their Arab auxiliaries, are gathered again in the Middle East.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Part One: Sins of the Father
1. Roots of Conflict 1915-1989
Imperial Legacy - Phillip Knightley
The Rise of Saddam Hussein - Judith Miller and Laurie Mylroie
What Washington Gave Saddam for Christmas - Murray Waas
The Men Who Helped the Man Who Gassed His Own People - Joost R. Hiltermann
2. The First Gulf War
Authors & Contributors edit
- Micah L. Sifry (Editor)
- Christopher Cerf (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 956.70443
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Military › Iraq War
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Freedom & Security
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › War & Peace
- Books › History › Military › Strategy
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › History › Middle East › Iraq
- Books › History › Asia
- Books › History › World
- Books › Reference
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