A poisonous affair : America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja / Joost R. Hiltermann.

By:

Hiltermann, Joost R

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TextPublication details: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007.Description: xxxii, 314 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521876865
0521876869

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History.

LOC classification:

DS79.9.H27 H54

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Contents:

Abbreviations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction : The Halabja controversy -- 1. Crossing the chemical threshold -- 2. US response : Setting the volume control -- 3. Chemical interlude -- 4. War in Kurdistan -- 5. Halabja -- 6. The Halabja demonstration effect -- 7. Iran and the use of gas -- 8. Fixing the evidence -- 9. The road to Kuwait -- Conclusion : Fall-out -- Epilogue -- Notes.

Review: "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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index.

"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.