A poisonous affair : America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja /
Hiltermann, Joost R.
A poisonous affair : America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja / Joost R. Hiltermann. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xxxii, 314 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
Abbreviations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction : The Halabja controversy -- Crossing the chemical threshold -- US response : Setting the volume control -- Chemical interlude -- War in Kurdistan -- Halabja -- The Halabja demonstration effect -- Iran and the use of gas -- Fixing the evidence -- The road to Kuwait -- Conclusion : Fall-out -- Epilogue -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"This book, by a veteran observer of the Middle East, tells the story of the gassing of Halabja. It shows how Iraq was able to develop ever more sophisticated chemical weapons and to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way. Today, as Iraq disintegrates and the Middle East sinks further into turmoil, these policies are coming back to haunt America and the West."--Jacket.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0.
9780521876865 0521876869
2007001313
GBA733057 bnb
013735972 Uk
Kurds--Crimes against--Iraq.
Kurdes--Crimes contre--Irak.
Ethnic relations.
Diplomatic relations.
History.
DS79.9.H27 / H54
A poisonous affair : America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja / Joost R. Hiltermann. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xxxii, 314 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.
Abbreviations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction : The Halabja controversy -- Crossing the chemical threshold -- US response : Setting the volume control -- Chemical interlude -- War in Kurdistan -- Halabja -- The Halabja demonstration effect -- Iran and the use of gas -- Fixing the evidence -- The road to Kuwait -- Conclusion : Fall-out -- Epilogue -- Notes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
"This book, by a veteran observer of the Middle East, tells the story of the gassing of Halabja. It shows how Iraq was able to develop ever more sophisticated chemical weapons and to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way. Today, as Iraq disintegrates and the Middle East sinks further into turmoil, these policies are coming back to haunt America and the West."--Jacket.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0.
9780521876865 0521876869
2007001313
GBA733057 bnb
013735972 Uk
Kurds--Crimes against--Iraq.
Kurdes--Crimes contre--Irak.
Ethnic relations.
Diplomatic relations.
History.
DS79.9.H27 / H54