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Smuggling, secret identities, and espionage: the true story of Kuwait’s resistance
The Edge of War: Kuwait’s Underground Resistance (Khafji 1990~1991) tells the little-known story of the brave men and women who joined the resistance and fought against the overwhelming might of the Iraqi military. Often relying on savvy rather than strength, Kuwait's resistance made a measurable difference in the battle for liberation, and this is their story.
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Alex Darwin is the literary pen name of a veteran British reporter who, as a foreign correspondent for several Fleet Street newspapers, covered many events that changed history in the Middle East and Africa over the past four decades. He reported on the Iraqi Ba’athist campaign against the Kurds in the 1970s, covered the 1979 Iranian revolution and the subsequent Iraq-Iran war, alternating between the two sides.
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The Edge of War: Kuwaiti s Underground Resistance, Khafji 1990-1991
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Brand: Can of Worms Press, 2011
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The Edge of War; Kuwait's Underground Resistance, Khafji 1990-1997
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Gulf Museum Consultancy Company, London, England, 2011
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xxxiii, [1], 434 pages. Color endpaper map. Maps. Footnotes. Illustrations (many in color). Includes Foreword by George H. W. Bush, and Preface by Hussah Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah. Also includes Acknowledgments, Prologue, and Introduction, as well as Epilogue and Index. Also includes Introduction, as well as chapters on While You Were Sleeping; The Gathering Storm; Massayil; Edging Back; The Stand; Stranded; Transit; Khafji: The Edge of War; Laces for a Lady, Letters for a Spy; Hona al-Kuwait; Oil; Bananas, Cigarettes and Videotape; Identity; Heroines of the Resistance; IOU; The Spy Who Came in from the Heat; Duel; Lockdown; Here Comes the Cavalry; and Liberation. Also contains 33 color photographs of the Khafji group and others. Alex Darwin is the literary pen name of a veteran British reporter who, as a foreign correspondent for several Fleet Street newspapers, covered many events that changed history in the Middle East and Africa of the past four or more decades. He has been familiar with he Gulf since he reported on the Ba'athist campaign against the Kurds in the 1970's, covered the 1979 Iranian revolution and the subsequent Iraq-Iran war. The Edge of War: Kuwait's Underground Resistance (Khafji 1990-1991) tells the little-known story of the brave men and women who joined the resistance and fought against the overwhelming might of the Iraqi military. Often relying on savvy rather than strength, Kuwait's resistance made a measurable difference in the battle for liberation. This is their story. Kuwaitis founded a local armed resistance movement following the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Most of the Kuwaitis who were arrested, tortured, and executed during the occupation were civilians. The Kuwaiti resistance's casualty rate far exceeded that of the coalition military forces and Western hostages. The resistance predominantly consisted of ordinary citizens who lacked any form of training and supervision. At first, Iraqi forces did not use violent tactics. Iraqi soldiers instructed Kuwaitis to replace their Kuwaiti license plates with Iraqi ones, and also set up an extensive system of security checkpoints to patrol the Kuwaiti population. Within a few weeks of the invasion, however, Kuwaitis began participating in mass actions of nonviolent resistance. People stayed home from work and school en masse. Kuwaitis also began printing informational pamphlets about the invasion from their home computers and printers and distributed the pamphlets to neighbors and friends. After that wave of nonviolent resistance, the Iraqi military turned to repression in order to maintain control over Kuwait. About 400,000 Kuwaiti citizens left the country after the invasion, and a network of safe houses was established for those who remained and joined the resistance. Pamphlets with anti-war slogans were printed and the resistance provided hiding places and false identification cards for Kuwaitis who were sought by the Iraqi secret police. Resistance cells held secret meetings at mosques. Kuwaiti women like Asrar al-Qabandi, a prominent female resistance leader, staged street protests and carried signs with slogans like "Free Kuwait: Stop the Atrocities Now." Iraqi police searched the homes of those suspected of hiding foreigners or covertly smuggling money to the resistance movement. Resistance tactics included car bombs and sniper attacks that caused a considerable number of Iraqi casualties. By August 1990, the resistance movement was receiving support from the U.S. government in the form of intelligence, materials, and other types of covert assistance. Both the CIA and the U.S. Green Berets were involved. The U.S. government, however, would neither confirm nor deny its support of the resistance on record. On the topic of the resistance, President Bush stated, ". in a broad way I support the Kuwaiti underground. I support anybody that can add a hand in restoring legitimacy there to Kuwait and to getting the Iraqis out of Kuwait." Operation Desert Storm, which included U.S. forces, also aided the resistance movement out of its base in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Seller Inventory # 82217