Format:
1 online resource (272 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781849644594
Content:
'Much-needed and brilliant.' John Pilger.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Babylonian Heritage -- ANCESTRAL MEMORIES -- CAPTIVES OF BABYLON -- BABYLON REBUILT? -- THE MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS -- THE JEWISH EXILES -- A SHRINE RESTORED -- "SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY" -- OTTOMAN POWER DECLINES -- 2. The Ottoman Empire Divided -- ANTECEDENTS OF WAR -- BRITAIN CAPTURES BAGHDAD -- BETRAYAL IN THE LEVANT -- ENTER THE U.S. -- THE HASHEMITES ARRIVE -- DIVIDING THE OILY SPOILS -- WILSON OPENS DOORS -- PALESTINE TO CENTER STAGE -- 3. "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah": -- A GUIDED TOUR -- JEWISH SURVIVORS -- INDEPENDENCE ... SORT OF -- VIOLENCE AND RESCUE -- WHEELING, DEALING, AND MISHAPS -- "ARAB" JEWS WHO MADE IT -- WHOSE TERRORISM? -- 4. Iraq Enters the Palestine Arena -- THE ROOTS OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE -- RESISTING THE BRITISH -- THE ARABS PREPARE FOR WAR -- IRAQ FIGHTS THE NEW ISRAELI STATE -- STALEMATE AND ISRAELI VICTORY -- ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS-MINUS IRAQ -- BEN-GURION SPEAKS -- 5. Ménage à Quatre: The U.S., Israel, Iran, and the Iraqi Kurds -- THE KURDS' FADED DREAMS -- THE KURDS' NEW FRIENDS: THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- KASSEM CONTRA KURDS -- THE ISRAELI-KURDISH HONEYMOON -- UNCLE SAM'S ROLE -- THE NIXON-KISSINGER-SHAH AXIS -- THE OIL EQUATION -- IRAQ AND THE KURDS IN THE COLD WAR -- 6. How the CIA Gave Saddam a Leg Up -- KASSEM, NASSER, AND SADDAM -- JAMES CRITCHFIELD: COLD WARRIOR PAR -- THE FIRST BA'ATHIST COUP -- ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION -- SADDAM'S SWAY BEGINS -- IRAQ'S STRATEGIC THREAT TO ISRAEL -- IRAQ IN THE 1967 WAR -- 7. Saddam's Reign (I): Business With the U.S. -- warfare with Israel -- U.S. BUSINESS AND SADDAM'S TRIUMPH -- THE JULY BA'ATHIST TAKEOVER -- PROGRAMS AND POWER STRUGGLES -- ISRAEL'S COVERT WAR ON SADDAM -- THE MIG-21 CAPER -- SADDAM'S REAL AND IMAGINED FOES -- SADDAM AND THE PALESTINIANS -- BLACK SEPTEMBER IN JORDAN -- SYRIA REPULSED -- IRAQ WITHDRAWS.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745322827
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780745322827
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3386236
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