About this title: "The idea of direct invasion is the greatest threat to Saddam. It avoids the problems of securing local allies, inside and outside Iraq, which bedevil any indirect approach to get rid of him. But it has one immense disadvantage from the US point of view ...if the US invades Iraq to install its own government it will be taking direct physical control of an area containing more than half the world's oil reserves. It will look like the founding of a new American empire based on physical force and will be deeply resented ...It would outrage the Arabs at a moment when the Israel-Palestine conflict ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
Description: Fine. Minor rubbing to edges and extremities, otherwise brand new & unread. Next working day dispatch from the UK. Please contact us with any queries. read more
Description: New in no jacket. pp. 320. At the outset of the 1991 Gulf War, U.S. leaders resolved that ëIraqis will pay the price, î so long as Saddam Hussein remained in power. This book, written in 2002, makes chillingly clear just how terrible that price has been. Saddam was caught by surprise by the 1991 allied attack; his preparations after September 11 showed that lessons had been learnt. In a prologue added to this ed., the authors analyze Saddamís preparations (prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 ... read more
Binding: orig. wrappers
Publisher: Verso, London
Date Published: (2002)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xxx, 320 pp, PAPERBACK. "'The idea of direct invasion is the greatest threat to Saddam. It avoids the problems of securing local allies, inside and outside Iraq, which bedevil any indirect approach to get rid of him. But it has one immense disadvantage from the US point of view...if the US invades Iraq to install its own government it will be taking direct physical control of an area containing more than half the world's oil reserves. It will look like the founding ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso Books
Date Published: 26/09/2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 26/09/2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Date Published: 26/09/2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Verso, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket (as issued) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Originally published in the UK by Verso as 'Out of the Ashes. ' Softcover, spine unbroken, covers crisp, interior clean & tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Verso, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781859844229ISBN:1859844227
Description: Very Good. 235x155mm. A thorough going assessment post Gulf War and pre invasion. First published in the UK in 2000 entitled Out of the Ashes. Large format paperback. 320 pages. read more
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