Invisible war : the United States and the Iraq sanctions / Joy Gordon.
2010
HF1586.3 .G67 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Invisible war : the United States and the Iraq sanctions / Joy Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Joy.
ISBN
9780674035713 (alk. paper)
0674035712 (alk. paper)
0674035712 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 359 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
HF1586.3 .G67 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.1/17
Summary
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The 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.
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.