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Saddam Hussein and the crisis in the Gulf / Judith Miller and Laurie Mylroie.

Title
Saddam Hussein and the crisis in the Gulf / Judith Miller and Laurie Mylroie.
Author
Miller, Judith, 1948-
Publication
New York : Times Books, 1990.

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Additional Authors
Mylroie, Laurie
Description
xv, 268 p. : ill.; 18 cm.
Summary
Examines the rise of Hussein, his influence in Iraq, his invasion of Kuwait, and the threat he poses for the stability of the Middle East.
Subject
  • Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
  • Geschichte 1963-1990
  • 1990-1991
  • Geschichte (1963-1990)
  • Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991
  • Presidents > Iraq > Biography
  • Iraq > Politics and government
  • Persian Gulf Region > Politics and government
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Hijack -- The don from Takrit -- Prime-time terror -- The legacy of Nebuchadnezzar -- "We came to stay": the rise of the Baath -- War without end -- No victory, no peace -- The special relationship -- The manufacture of death -- Black gold -- The lion and the lamb -- Human rights in Iraq (Middle East watch) -- Torture, ill-treatment and death in Iraq (Amnesty international).
ISBN
0812919211
LCCN
^^^90048403^
OCLC
  • 22489309
  • SCSB-10252539
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library