Umfang:
Online-Ressource (394 p.)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781107016859
Inhalt:
This study presents the annotated transcripts of Iraqi audio recordings of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; THE SADDAM TAPES; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Note to Readers; Dramatis Personae; Map of Iraq; Introduction; OVERVIEW; BACKGROUND: RECORDING THE "TABLE TALK" OF SENIOR LEADERS; THE PAST IS PROLOGUE; CHALLENGES; TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES; ONE: The United States; AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES WITH THE PERSIAN ENEMY; THE UNITED STATES IN THE MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES; AMERICA DURING THE CLINTON YEARS: POTENTIAL FOR RAPPROCHEMENT?; TWO: The "Zionist Entity"; SADDAM'S VIEWS TOWARD ZIONISM AND JEWS; SADDAM'S VIEW OF THE THREAT ISRAEL POSED
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ISRAEL AND ITS ALLIESTHREE: The Arab World; ARAB STATE LEADERS; REGIONAL NONSTATE ACTORS; ARAB UNITY; FOUR: Qadisiyyah Saddam (The Iran-Iraq War); OUR VICTORY WILL BE A HISTORIC ONE: FROM INVASION TO RETREAT (1979-1981); PEOPLE USED TO DREAM ABOUT SUCH WONDERFUL IDEAS: SEVEN YEARS IN THE TRENCHES (1981-1987); THIS BLOODY ROUTE HAS TAKEN EIGHT LONG YEARS: ABORTING AL-QADISIYYAH (1987-1988); FIVE: The Mother of All Battles; RETURNING THE BRANCH TO THE TREE: REUNIFICATION AND PACIFICATION; PREPARING FOR AND ENDURING THE COALITION AIR CAMPAIGN; THE GROUND WAR (24-28 FEBRUARY)
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THE PAGE OF TREASON AND TREACHERY: THE UPRISINGSIRAQS "VICTORY": SADDAM'S ASSESSMENTS OF THE WAR����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������; SIX: Special Munitions; EARLY THOUGHTS ON WMD; WMD USE AND NONUSE IN QADISIYYAH SADDAM; WMD DETERRENCE AND COMPELLENCE IN THE MOTHER OF ALL BATTLES; SEVEN: The Embargo and the Special Commission; THE EARLY YEARS (1991-1993); THE MID-1990S: EXPECTATIONS OF A "CROSSING" (1994-1996); THE DEMISE OF UNSCOM (1998); EIGHT: Hussein Kamil
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THE TRAITOR: WHY DID HE DEFECT?THE DEVIATION: EFFECTS OF THE DEFECTION ON THE REGIME; THE RECKONING: THE DEATH OF HUSSEIN KAMIL; Epilogue; Appendix: Timeline; References; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781139221412
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107016859
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Saddam Tapes : The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime, 1978-2001
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Politologie
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
