Outlaw State

Outlaw State

Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis

Sciolino, Elaine

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

07/1991

320

Dura

Inglês

9780471542995

0471542997

An analysis of the Gulf War and its long-ranging effects in the Middle East, which explores Saddam Hussein's rise to power, explains why he invaded Kuwait, provides a survey of the war's outcome and addresses the region's new balance of power following the depletion of Hussein's forces.
The Mother of All Battles; State-Building on the Ruins of Mesopotamia; From the Tribesman to the Mythmaker; Terror and Enticement; The Iran-Iraq War: Saladin and the Messiah; Inside the Middle East Cauldron; The Arming of Iraq; A Case Study in a Failed Policy; The Regional Superpower; The Invasion of Kuwait; The Drift to War; The Degradation of Iraq; Appendix; A Chronology of Events; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index.
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