LEADER 03876nam 22006614a 450 001 9910811726503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79740-0 024 7 $a10.7560/701601 035 $a(CKB)1000000000453888 035 $a(OCoLC)614991712 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10194803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000240492 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202136 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000240492 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10265450 035 $a(PQKB)11528481 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443125 035 $a(OCoLC)60567295 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2116 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443125 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194803 035 $a(DE-B1597)588550 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292797406 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000453888 100 $a20031009d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaddam's war of words $epolitics, religion, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait /$fJerry M. Long 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70160-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-253) and index. 327 $aHistorical background and inter-Arab politics prior to the invasion of Kuwait -- Historical background and inter-Arab politics after the invasion of Kuwait -- Iraq, deep culture, and the employment of Islam before the invasion of Kuwait -- Fi sabil Allah : Iraq and the employment of Islam in the invasion of Kuwait -- Islam and the region at war -- Reflections on jihad and the other gulf war -- Closing reflection : the view from the mountains. 330 $aFrom a Western perspective, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991 largely fulfilled the first President Bush's objective: "In, out, do it, do it right, get gone. That's the message." But in the Arab world, the causes and consequences of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and his subsequent defeat by a U.S.-led coalition were never so clear-cut. The potent blend of Islam and Arab nationalism that Saddam forged to justify the unjustifiable?his invasion of a Muslim state?gained remarkable support among both Muslims and Arabs and continued to resonate in the Middle East long after the fighting ended. Indeed, as this study argues in passing, it became a significant strand in the tangled web of ideologies and actions that led to the attacks of 9/11. This landmark book offers the first in-depth investigation of how Saddam Hussein used Islam and Arab nationalism to legitimate his invasion of Kuwait in the eyes of fellow Muslims and Arabs, while delegitimating the actions of the U.S.-led coalition and its Arab members. Jerry M. Long addresses three fundamental issues: how extensively and in what specific ways Iraq appealed to Islam during the Kuwait crisis; how elites, Islamists, and the elusive Arab "street," both in and out of the coalition, responded to that appeal and why they responded as they did; and the longer-term effects that resulted from Saddam's strategy. 517 3 $aPolitics, religion, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 606 $aPersian Gulf War, 1991 606 $aArab nationalism$zIraq$xHistory 606 $aIslam and politics$zIraq 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y1979-1991 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y1991-2003 615 0$aPersian Gulf War, 1991. 615 0$aArab nationalism$xHistory. 615 0$aIslam and politics 676 $a956.7044/21 700 $aLong$b Jerry M$g(Jerry Mark),$f1951-$01120965 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811726503321 996 $aSaddam's war of words$94042998 997 $aUNINA