A poisonous affair
Subtitle: America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja
By: Joost R. Hiltermann.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521876865
Subjects: Kurds -- Crimes against -- Iraq.; Halabjah (Iraq) -- History -- Bombardment, 1988.; Iraq -- Ethnic relations.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq.; Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: The Halabja controversy; value: 1. Crossing the chemical threshold; value: 2. Setting the volume control; value: 3. Chemical interlude; value: 4. War in Kurdistan; value: 5. Halabja; value: 6. The Halabja demonstration effect; value: 7. Iran and the use of gas; value: 8. Fixing the evidence; value: 9. The road to Kuwait; value: Conclusion: Fall-out; value: Epilogue.