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This collection assesses the Gulf War from a variety of social science perspectives and across several disciplines: history, international relations, economics, psychology, and law.
Contributors: Joe Stork, Ann M. Lesch, John Simpson, John Bulloch, Harvey Morris, Adel Darwish, Judith Miller, Laurie Mylroie, Clive Ponting, Peter W. Rodman, James Petras, Charles William Maynes, Hugh Miall, Peter Custers, Maarten Smeets, George Joffe, Ralph K. White, Jerrold M. Post, Christopher C. French, Christopher Greenwood, Michael J. Glennon, Michael T. Klare, Mark Kramer, David Albright, Mark Hibbs, Rune Ottosen, Louis Kriesberg, Amnesty International, Michael K. Walzer, Amin Saikal, Chris Dammers, Mary Ann Tetreault, Rashid I. Khalidi, Clovis Maksoud, Robert E. Harkavy, Bruce R. Kuniholm, Jeremy Seabrook, Amnon Kapeiiouk, Masaru Tamamoto, Jerry W. Sanders, Oliver Ramsbotham, K. Subrahmanyam, George Perkovich, John C. Olanyi, Dou Hui, Pam Solo, Thomas Risse-Kappan, Leonard V. Johnson, John W. Dower, Mohamed Nabil Fahmy, Bernard Wood, Marilyn B. Young, Bruce Russett, James S. Sutterlin, Stephen Lewis, Jim Wurst, Robert C. Johansen, and Herbert H. Blumberg.
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Herbert H. Blumberg and Christopher C. French are both Senior Lecturers of Psychology at Goldsmith's College, University of London.
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A superb compendium written by a galaxy of stars. The sub-title should read, 'Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gulf War.'>>>> (Adam Curle Sgr Newsletter)
Here at last to throw a bright light on the subject [of the Gulf War] is a collection of 43 eminently readable articles... distinguished by their clarity and objectivity and by the evident scholarship of their contributors...>>>> (Sgr Newsletter)
Here at last to throw a bright light on the subject [of the Gulf War] is a collection of 43 eminently readable articles... distinguished by their clarity and objectivity and by the evident scholarship of their contributors... (Sgr Newsletter)
A superb compendium written by a galaxy of stars. The sub-title should read, 'Everything you ever wanted to know about the Gulf War.' (Adam Curle Sgr Newsletter)
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- PublisherUniversity Press Of America
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 081919252X
- ISBN 13 9780819192523
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages631
- EditorHerbert H. Blumberg, Christopher C. French
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University Press of America, 1994
ISBN 10: 081919252X
ISBN 13: 9780819192523
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 631pp, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright throughout, with unmarked text, firm binding. Published without a dust jacket. --- This collection assesses the Gulf War from a variety of social science perspectives and across several disciplines: history, international relations, economics, psychology, and law. Contents: HISTORY (Background to the Crisis; Chronology of Events; Colonial Legacy; Rise of the Ba'athists; Saddam's Regime); POLITICS-INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Political-Military Control of the Gulf Crisis; Middle East Diplomacy After the War; How We Helped Saddam Survive; U.S.-Iraqi War: 10 Theses on Late Imperialism; A Necessary War?; Could the Conflict Have Been Settled Peacefully); ECONOMICS (Gulf Crisis and World Economy; Economic Sanctions Against Iraq; Oil, Wealth and Wealth Distribution); PSYCHOLOGY (Empathizing with S.Hussein-updated; S.Hussein of Iraq: Political Psychology Profile; Gulf War: Psychological Perspectives); LAW (Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait: Some Legal Issues; Gulf War and the Constitution); SPECIAL TOPICS (How We Armed the Middle East; Global Arms Trade After the War; Iraq's Quest for Nuclear Grail; Media and Gulf War Reporting: Advertising for the Arms Industry?; Alternative Explanations of the Gulf War; Human Rights in Iraq-Kuwait; Moral Ambiguities in the Gulf Crisis; Peace Movement's Next Steps); REGIONAL VIEWPOINTS (Regional Politics After the War; Post-War Iraq and the Politics of Humanitarianism; Kuwait: The Morning After; Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis; The Arab World's Quandary; The Future of Israeli Nuclear Strategy; Turkey and the East; View from the South; USSR and the Gulf Crisis; Japan's Debate Over the Gulf Crisis; Perils of Triumphalism); INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK (On Rhetoric, the Gulf War and Concept of a New World Order; International Agenda Arising From the Gulf War; UN in a New World Order; A Stephen Lewis Interview; UN After the Gulf War: Lessons for Collective Security) -- Contributors: Joe Stork, Ann M. Lesch, John Simpson, John Bulloch, Harvey Morris, Adel Darwish, Judith Miller, Laurie Mylroie, Clive Ponting, Peter W. Rodman, James Petras, Charles William Maynes, Hugh Miall, Peter Custers, Maarten Smeets, George Joffe, Ralph K. White, Jerrold M. Post, Christopher C. French, Christopher Greenwood, Michael J. Glennon, Michael T. Klare, Mark Kramer, David Albright, Mark Hibbs, Rune Ottosen, Louis Kriesberg, Amnesty International, Michael K. Walzer, Amin Saikal, Chris Dammers, Mary Ann Tetreault, Rashid I. Khalidi, Clovis Maksoud, Robert E. Harkavy, Bruce R. Kuniholm, Jeremy Seabrook, Amnon Kapeiiouk, Masaru Tamamoto, Jerry W. Sanders, Oliver Ramsbotham, K. Subrahmanyam, George Perkovich, John C. Olanyi, Dou Hui, Pam Solo, Thomas Risse-Kappan, Leonard V. Johnson, John W. Dower, Mohamed Nabil Fahmy, Bernard Wood, Marilyn B. Young, Bruce Russett, James S. Sutterlin, Stephen Lewis, Jim Wurst, Robert C. Johansen, and Herbert H. Blumberg. Seller Inventory # 002581
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