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000344504 1001_ $$aGordon, Joy.
000344504 24510 $$aInvisible war :$$bthe United States and the Iraq sanctions /$$cJoy Gordon.
000344504 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass. :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c2010.
000344504 300__ $$axiv, 359 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000344504 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000344504 5050_ $$aThe policy of containment -- How the sanctions worked -- The influence of the United States -- The problem of holds -- The magnitude of the catastrophe -- Tensions at the United Nations -- The role of the Iraqi government -- Congress and the sanctions -- The oil for food scandal -- Inside the U.S. policy -- International law and the sanctions -- The moral and political questions.
000344504 5201_ $$a"The economic sanctions imposed on Iraq from 1990 to 2003 were the most comprehensive and devastating of any established in the name of international governance. The sanctions, coupled with the bombing campaign of 1991, brought about the near collapse of Iraq's infrastructure and profoundly compromised basic conditions necessary to sustain life." "In a sharp indictment of U.S. policy, Joy Gordon examines the key role the nation played in shaping the sanctions, whose harsh strictures resulted in part from U.S. definitions of "dual use" and "weapons of mass destruction," and claims that everything from water pipes to laundry detergent to child vaccines could produce weapons. Drawing on internal UN documents, confidential minutes of closed meetings, and interviews with foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, Gordon details how the United States not only prevented critical humanitarian goods from entering Iraq but also undermined attempts at reform; unilaterally overrode the UN weapons inspectors; and manipulated votes in the Security Council. In every political, legal, and bureaucratic domain, the deliberate policies of the United States ensured the continuation of Iraq's catastrophic condition. Provocative and sure to stir debate, this book lays bare the damage that can be done by unchecked power in our institutions of international governance."--BOOK JACKET.
000344504 61020 $$aUnited Nations$$zIraq.
000344504 61020 $$aUnited Nations.$$bSecurity Council.
000344504 650_0 $$aEconomic sanctions$$zIraq.
000344504 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xForeign relations$$zIraq.
000344504 651_0 $$aIraq$$xForeign relations$$zUnited States.
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