num_pages: 455
description: For ten years, the White House, assisted by allies in London and Rome, brushed aside the law in a relentless quest to support Saddam Hussein. What were the forces that shaped this persisting embrace of a dictator whom George Bush would eventually compare to Adolf Hitler? How did Washington and its NATO allies nurture a frequently illicit rapport with Saddam, and what was the real story of why it became necessary to mount Operation Desert Storm? How did the governments led by George Bush and Margaret Thatcher seek to cover up their past dealings with the Iraqi leader after Desert Storm finally drove him from Kuwait in 1991?
language: English
title: Spider's Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq
titlecomplete: Spider's Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 26
publisher: Bantam