The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam HusseinW. W. Norton & Company, 2003 - Всего страниц: 427 To the dismay of many in the West, the Gulf War ended with Saddam Hussein still in control, still defiant, and more determined to use any means of striking back. How far did he go? And now that Afghanistan's ruling Taliban has been vanquished and the al Quaeda network scattered, how far should the United States go in pursuit of its war on terrorism? The central question posed in this book is whether a future Iraq without Saddam Hussein will be even more unstable and more problematical to the security of the United States. The Reckoning is an account of the forces--historical, religious, ethnic, and political--that produced Saddam's dictatorship. Forged after World War I from the Mesopotamian provinces of the collapsed Ottoman Empire, Iraq has never had a national identity or a sense of common purpose. Hussein, ruling by terror rather than by persuasion, pitted the various ethnic groups, religious interests, and tribes against one another and in so doing achieved the destruction of Iraq's middle class and civilized society. After he goes, however he goes, the country could be the site of conflict even more vicious than the Balkan wars. Now more than ever, the future of Iraq is of critical importance to America's dealings with the Muslim world, and Sandra Mackey's informed narrative gives us a new understanding of the politics and national character of the country. |
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... United States of America First published as a Norton paperback 2003 For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book , write to Permissions , W. W. Norton & Company , Inc. , 500 Fifth Avenue , New York , NY 10110 ...
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... United States and the coalition that waged the Persian Gulf War . Seven years of sanctions had reduced members of the vaunted middle class created by the oil boom to paupers whose only guaran- teed food supplies came from rations ...
... United States and the coalition that waged the Persian Gulf War . Seven years of sanctions had reduced members of the vaunted middle class created by the oil boom to paupers whose only guaran- teed food supplies came from rations ...
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... United States for almost a decade . But within days , rumors began to circulate claiming an alliance of convenience between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein , joined against their mutual enemy . As the United States deployed ...
... United States for almost a decade . But within days , rumors began to circulate claiming an alliance of convenience between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein , joined against their mutual enemy . As the United States deployed ...
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... United States ended the Gulf War short of Baghdad . One side argued the obvious benefits of wiping out Hussein and his suspected weapons of mass destruction , and the other side engaged in verbal gymnastics to avoid revealing to the ...
... United States ended the Gulf War short of Baghdad . One side argued the obvious benefits of wiping out Hussein and his suspected weapons of mass destruction , and the other side engaged in verbal gymnastics to avoid revealing to the ...
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... United States and its European and Arab allies in that war . At the same time , he boldly claims leadership over the Arabs ' confrontation with Israel . Only days after the street power of the Palestinians collided with the armed might ...
... United States and its European and Arab allies in that war . At the same time , he boldly claims leadership over the Arabs ' confrontation with Israel . Only days after the street power of the Palestinians collided with the armed might ...
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The Land between Two Rivers | 31 |
The Human Mosaic of Iraq | 58 |
The Improbable Country | 85 |
Three Kings Monarchical Iraq | 121 |
Identity in a Decade of Disorder | 156 |
The Triumph of the Baath | 198 |
The War of Identity | 235 |
Aggression and Rebellion | 267 |
Broken Babylon | 299 |
America between the Two Rivers | 336 |
The War of Containment | 354 |
The Road to Baghdad | 373 |
Afterword | 395 |
Selected Bibliography | 407 |
Index | 413 |
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