Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123) and index.
Contents
Iraq's history of political conflict / Mark Lewis -- Ride of Saddam Hussein / Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn -- Iran-Iraq war / Geoff Simons -- Saddam Hussein's chemical attacks on the Kurds in the 1980s / Human Rights Watch -- Gulf War to liberate Kuwait / George H. W. Bush -- America declares war on Iraq / George W. Bush -- Iraq war was a great success / National Review -- Bush's illegitimate war / David Corn -- War's unfinished business / Nancy Gibbs -- Getting Iraq's oil flowing / Economist -- Establishing an interim government in Iraq / Mark Sedra -- Democracy and ethnic divisions in Iraq / Efraim Karsh -- War in Iraq and the demise of international institutions / Paul Johnson -- Destabilized postwar world / Joseph Cirincione.