LEADER 05089nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910455612703321 005 20210108093600.0 010 $a1-280-03149-2 010 $a0-203-30319-9 035 $a(CKB)111087026870808 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH3706166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211702 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277864 035 $a(PQKB)10636573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170948 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026870808 100 $a20010518d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNeighbors, not friends$b[electronic resource] $eIraq and Iran after the Gulf Wars /$fDilip Hiro 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (xxxiii, 388p. ) $cgeneal. table, maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-415-25411-6 311 $a0-203-35586-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 365-366) and index. 327 $aPart 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 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bThis highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, 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. Dilip Hiro, an experienced journalist who has written extensively on the region, provides a historical and accessible perspective to the relationship between Iraq and Iran and examines the consequences of internationally significant events such as the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran a year after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. Providing a full account and analysis of events in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War, he contrasts the long totalitarianism under Hussein with the evolution of the political-religious system in Iran and the development of its internal politics. This is an essential overview to the conflicts in the Gulf, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the region, its politics and its interactions with the US and UN. This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, 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. Dilip Hiro, an experienced journalist who has written extensively on the region, provides a historical and accessible perspective to the relationship between Iraq and Iran and examines the consequences of internationally significant events such as the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran a year after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein. Providing a full account and analysis of events in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War, he contrasts the long totalitarianism under Hussein with the evolution of the political-religious system in Iran and the development of its internal politics. This is an essential overview to the conflicts in the Gulf, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the region, its politics and its interactions with the US and UN. 606 $aPolitics and Government$2eflch 606 $aMiddle East$2HILCC 606 $aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 607 $aIraq$xForeign relations$zIran 607 $aIran$xForeign relations$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xHistory$y1958- 607 $aIran$xHistory$y1979-1997 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 7$aPolitics and Government. 615 7$aMiddle East 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 676 $a327.550567 700 $aHiro$b Dilip$0298980 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455612703321 996 $aNeighbors, not friends$91943478 997 $aUNINA