Neighbors, Not Friends: Iraq and Iran After the Gulf Wars

ISBN-13: 9780415254113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 424 str.

Dilip Hiro

Opis

This controversial and topical book provides a balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament, and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Aimed at the general reader, it follows and assesses the role of Saddam Hussein, who became president of Iraq in 1979 and shows no sign of relinquishing office.

Recenzje

'In addition to being a useful record, this account is revealing about the complexity of the factors and the motivations of the decision-makers ... Hiro offers important insights.' - Kamil Mahdi, Times Higher Education Supplement

Spis treści

Part 1: Iraq  1. Saddam Center-Stage, Exit Bush  2. Enter Clinton: Saddam's New Nemesis  3. A Shattering Betrayal, Then Lucky Breaks for Saddam  4. The Mother of all Failed Coups  5. Saddam and Re-elected Clinton  6. 'Desert Thunder' That Didn't Thunder  7. Operation 'Desert Fox'  Part 2: Iran  8. Iran, A Return to Normalcy  9. Rafsanjani's Reconstruction and Economic Reform  10. Khatami, a Moderate with a Mission  11. Political Reform and Reaction  12. Reform Restrained

O autorze

Dilip Hiro is a full-time writer and journalist, and a frequent commentator on Middle Eastern, Gulf and Islamic affairs in radio and telelvision. He is the author of The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict, Holy Wars:The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism and Iran Under the Ayatollahs among other books. His articles on the Middle East and allied subjects have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, Guardian, Toronto Star and International Herald Tribune.