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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810205503321

Autore

Hiro Dilip

Titolo

Neighbors, not friends : Iraq and Iran after the Gulf wars / / Dilip Hiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001

ISBN

1-280-03149-2

0-203-30319-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxiii, 388p. ) : geneal. table, maps

Disciplina

956.7044/3

Soggetti

International relations

Iraq Politics and government 1991-2003

Iran Politics and government 1979-1997

Iraq Relations Iran

Iran Relations Iraq

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-366) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This controversial text provides an 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.