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Title:
A poisonous affair : America, Iraq, and the gassing of Halabja / Joost R. Hiltermann.
Author:
Hiltermann, Joost R.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Call Number:
DS79.9.H27 H55 2007
Abstract:
"This book, by a veteran observer of the Middle East, tells the story of the gassing of Halabja. It shows how Iraq was able to develop ever more sophisticated chemical weapons and to target Iranian soldiers and Kurdish villagers as America looked the other way. Today, as Iraq disintegrates and the Middle East sinks further into turmoil, these policies are coming back to haunt America and the West."--Jacket.
ISBN:
9780521876865
Physical Description:
xxx, 314 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Abbreviations -- Preface -- Maps -- Introduction : The Halabja controversy -- Crossing the chemical threshold -- US response : Setting the volume control -- Chemical interlude -- War in Kurdistan -- Halabja -- The Halabja demonstration effect -- Iran and the use of gas -- Fixing the evidence -- The road to Kuwait -- Conclusion : Fall-out -- Epilogue -- Notes.
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