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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... never closed . Although I wrote that Iraq's southern neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula shivered in what they regarded to be an ominous shadow cast by Baghdad , I joined other Western writers who per- ceived , but never fully ...
... never closed . Although I wrote that Iraq's southern neighbors on the Arabian Peninsula shivered in what they regarded to be an ominous shadow cast by Baghdad , I joined other Western writers who per- ceived , but never fully ...
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... path to completion . And Colin and Patty , you never allowed me to take life's frustrations too seriously . To all of these people , I am extremely grateful . THE RECKONING U.S.S.R. Tikrit Hillah - ruins of Babylon Basra 14 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
... path to completion . And Colin and Patty , you never allowed me to take life's frustrations too seriously . To all of these people , I am extremely grateful . THE RECKONING U.S.S.R. Tikrit Hillah - ruins of Babylon Basra 14 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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... never ended . Every morning in the hot , heavy air of the Persian Gulf , a wasp - shaped F / A - 18 fitted with six tubular missiles idles in waves of vaporous fumes produced by its high - octane fuel . When the on - deck " shooter ...
... never ended . Every morning in the hot , heavy air of the Persian Gulf , a wasp - shaped F / A - 18 fitted with six tubular missiles idles in waves of vaporous fumes produced by its high - octane fuel . When the on - deck " shooter ...
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... never so much as in a market driven by excessive demand . In a situation of tight supplies , Iraq's oil has become so important that the United States is importing some 700,000 barrels of Iraqi oil a day - nearly twice as much as before ...
... never so much as in a market driven by excessive demand . In a situation of tight supplies , Iraq's oil has become so important that the United States is importing some 700,000 barrels of Iraqi oil a day - nearly twice as much as before ...
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... never gave the Iraqis any opportunity to participate in governing . The Iraqis will not be able to restore order alone . And order cannot be maintained without an enormous , and perhaps unsuccessful , effort at nation building . Failing ...
... never gave the Iraqis any opportunity to participate in governing . The Iraqis will not be able to restore order alone . And order cannot be maintained without an enormous , and perhaps unsuccessful , effort at nation building . Failing ...
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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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