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The outlaw state, Saddam Hussein's quest for power and the Gulf crisis, Elaine Sciolino

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The outlaw state, Saddam Hussein's quest for power and the Gulf crisis, Elaine Sciolino

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and index

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The outlaw state

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bibliography

Oclc number

23584115

Responsibility statement

Elaine Sciolino

Sub title

Saddam Hussein's quest for power and the Gulf crisis

Summary

The story of Saddam Hussein and his fierce determination to turn Iraq into a regional superpower in the Middle East which lead to the Persian Gulf War

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The mother of all battles -- State-building on the ruins of Mesopotamia -- From the tribesman to the mythmaker -- Terror and enticement -- The Iran-Orag War : Saladin and the messiah -- Inside the Middle East cauldron -- The arming of Oraq -- A case study in failed policy -- The regional superpower -- The invasion of Kuwait -- The drift to war -- The degradation of Iraq -- Appendix

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