Web of deceit
Subtitle: the history of Western complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush
By: Barry M. Lando.
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Toronto]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780385663670
Subjects: Iraq -- Foreign relations; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Iraq; Iraq -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq; Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-323) and index .
Table of contents: title: Beginnings : Setting the stage for Saddam (1914-1959); title: A presentable young man : Saddam's rise to power (1959-1979); title: The tilting game : the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988); title: Halabja : the tragedy of the Kurds (1980-1988); title: Signals : the invasion of Kuwait (1988-1990); title: No exit : the Gulf War (August 1990-March 1991); title: Betrayal : the Shiite and Kurd uprisings (February 1991-April 1991); title: Embargo : the U.N. sanctions (August 6, 1990-May 22, 2003); title: The noble lie : the invasion of Iraq (January 2000-March 19, 2003); title: Full circle : the occupation (April 2003-August 2006).