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216 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Anthony Arnove -- Part 1: The roots of US/UK policy -- America's war against Iraq : 1990-1999 / Naseer Aruri -- Iraq : the impact of sanctions and US policy / Phyllis Bennis and Denis J. Halliday; interviewed by David Barsamian -- US Iraq policy : motives and consequences / Noam Chomsky -- Part 2: Myths and realities -- Collateral damage / John Pilger -- Myths and realities regarding Iraq and sanctions / Voices in the Wilderness -- The media's deadly spin on Iraq / Ali Abunimah and Rania Masri -- The hidden war / Robert Fisk -- One Iraqi's story / Howard Zinn -- Part 3: Life under sanctions -- Raising voices : the children of Iraq, 1990-1999 / Kathy Kelly -- Targets -- not victims / Barbara Nimri Aziz -- Sanctions : killing a country and a people / George Capaccio -- Part 4: Documenting the impact of sanctions -- Sanctions, food, nutrition, and health in Iraq / Peter L. Pellett -- Toxic pollution, the Gulf War, and sanctions / Huda S. Ammash -- Part 5: Activist responses -- Sanctions are weapons of mass destruction / Noam Chomsky [and others] -- Building the movement to end sanctions / Sharon Smith -- Resources : organizations working to end sanctions on Iraq. |
| Summary |
In this collection, leading voices against the sanctions document the human, environmental and social toll of the United States- and UK-led war against Iraq. |
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Economic sanctions -- Iraq.
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Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Economic aspects.
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Iraq -- Economic conditions.
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Persian Gulf War (1991) (OCoLC)fst01058380
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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Economic sanctions. (OCoLC)fst00902060
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Economics. (OCoLC)fst00902116
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Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
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| Chronological Term |
1991
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| Added Author |
Arnove, Anthony, 1969-
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Abunimah, Ali.
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| ISBN |
0896086194 (pbk.) |
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9780896086197 (pbk.) |
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0896086208 (cloth) |
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9780896086203 (cloth) |
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