The United States and Iraq since 1990 : a brief history with documents / / edited by Robert K. Brigham

• Pubblicazione: Chichester [England], : Wiley-Blackwell, 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.730567
• Soggetto topico: Iraq War, 2003-2011
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Iraq; Iraq Foreign relations United States
• Classificazione: 319.530273; 327.730567
• Altri autori: McNamaraRobert S. <1916-2009.> BrighamRobert K
• Note generali: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; Maps; Dedication; 1: The First Gulf War, 1990-1991; Chronology; George H.W. Bush and the New World Order; Iraq Invades Kuwait; Building the Coalition against Saddam; Operation Desert Storm; Documents; Document 1-A Excerpts from National Security Directive 26, "U.S. Policy Toward the Persian Gulf," October 2, 1989; Document 1-B Meeting between Saddam Hussein and U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie, excerpts from April Glaspie memorandum, July 25, 1990; Document 1-C United Nations Resolution 660, August 2, 1990 ; Document 1-D United Nations Resolution 678, November 29, 1990Document 1-E Excerpts from National Security Directive 54, January 15, 1991; Document 1-F Excerpts from speech by Saddam Hussein, February 11, 1991, Iraqi News Agency-Baghdad Radio; 2: Clinton and Containment, 1992-2001; Chronology; Containment Plus; Regime Change; Documents; Document 2-A Excerpts from United Nations Resolution 687, April 6, 1991 ; Document 2-B Excerpts from "Intelligence Successes and Failures in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm," U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, 103rd Congress, 1st session, August 1993Document 2-C Excerpts from the remarks of Anthony Lake, assistant to the president for national security affairs, "From Containment to Enlargement," Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1993 ; Document 2-D Remarks of the Honorable Ibrahim M. Al-Shaheen, deputy chairman of the Kuwaiti National Committee for P.O.W.s in Iraq, August 6, 2006, U.S. House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsDocument 2-E Letter dated May 5, 2001, from the permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the secretary general, United Nations, New York; Document 2-F Text of President Clinton's address to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon staff, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1998 ; Document 2-G Project for a New American Century, Statement of Principles, June 3, 19973: The Invasion of Iraq, 2003; Chronology; Connecting Terrorists to Iraq; The Bush Doctrine; The Legal Debate; The War Plan; The War Begins; Documents; Document 3-A Excerpts from George W. Bush's State of the Union address, January 29, 2002; Document 3-B Excerpts from "The National Security of the United States of America," September 2002; Document 3-C "The Problem of the Shia," July 2002 "Declaration of the Shia of Iraq, July 2002" ; Document 3-D Unclassified report to Congress on the acquisition of technology relating to weapons of mass destruction and advanced conventional munitions, July 1-December 2002
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book offers a concise history of US policy in Iraq since 1990 and how it has evolved over two decades. -Examines US relations with Iraq from both a regional and international perspective -Argues that the only way to clearly understand US policy toward Iraq is to see it in its proper historical context and within a transnational framework -Uses recently declassified documents at the end of each chapter to illustrate US decision-making in the wars for Iraq -Addresses the importance of the changing domestic climate surrounding two decades"--
• Titolo autorizzato: The United States and Iraq since 1990
• ISBN: 1-118-29455-6; 1-118-29456-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827720303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New York Academy of Sciences