Neighbors, Not Friends - Softcover

Hiro, Dilip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415254124 ISBN 13: 9780415254120

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

This highly controversial and topical book provides the first full, balanced account of how Iraq cheated the UN inspectors on disarmament and how the US manipulated and infiltrated the UN inspection teams and other staff to gather intelligence on Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein.

Aimed at the general reader, it follows and assesses the role of Saddam Hussein who became president of Iraq in 1979. Dilip Hiro, an experienced journalist who has written extensively on the region, provides a historical and accessible perspective to the relationship between Iraq and Iran and examines the consequences of internationally significant events such as the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran a year after the end of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein.

Providing a full account and analysis of events in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War, he contrasts the long totalitarianism under Hussein with the evolution of the political-religious system in Iran and the development of its internal politics.

This is an essential overview to the conflicts in the Gulf, and should be read by anyone with an interest in the region, its politics and its interactions with the US and UN.

About this title

About the Author:

Dilip Hiro is a full-time writer and journalist, and a frequent commentator on Middle Eastern, Gulf and Islamic affairs in radio and telelvision. He is the author of The Longest War, The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict, Holy Wars:The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism and Iran Under the Ayatollahs among other books. His articles on the Middle East and allied subjects have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times, Guardian, Toronto Star and International Herald Tribune.

From Library Journal:

It has been ten years since Operation Desert Storm's defeat of the Iraqi army. Although the Gulf War is now a distant memory for many in the West, the devastating effects of that conflict are felt by the Iraqi people on a daily basis. In neighboring Iran, 13 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq War (the first Gulf War), a new form of political struggle has pitted reformists against conservatives. The outcome of this ongoing conflict will undoubtedly have a profound effect on Iran's relations with its Arab neighbors and the rest of the world. In this engaging, readable, and jargon-free book, Hiro (Sharing the Promised Land), a veteran journalist and leading commentator on the Middle East whose previous books have been highly regarded, covers developments in Iraq and Iran in the past decade. He combines firsthand information with a keen sense of political knowledge of the region to give us an informed, objective, and up-to-date analysis of political developments in two key countries in the Persian Gulf. Highly recommended for academic and public libraries. Nader Entessar, Spring Hill Coll., Mobile, AL
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About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0415254124
• ISBN 13: 9780415254120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432