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Informationen zum Autor Robert K. Brigham is the Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College, USA. He is the author of numerous publications on American foreign relations including Iraq, Vietnam and the Limits of American Power (2008) and Is Iraq Another Vietnam? (2006). Klappentext The United States has been in conflict with Iraq for over twenty years and yet some of the most basic foreign policy decisions surrounding the country remain unclear and contested. Why did the US make such a vast commitment in an area it knew so little about? Why did the US have such a difficult time subduing Iraq militarily and what have been the regional and international consequences? Has a new U.S. counterinsurgency strategy produced a victory in Iraq as many supporters claim? This books answers these questions and more, providing a concise history of US policy in Iraq since 1990 and examining the ways in which it has evolved over the last two decades.This text advances a chronological narrative of American decision-making in Iraq, from the ways in which the end of the Cold War played a vital role in Washington's efforts to create a new world order to the extent that tough economic sanctions heightened tensions between Iraq and the United States in the late 1990s. The author also examines US foreign policy alongside the changing domestic climate and investigates how America's wars in Iraq have affected US politics.Arguing that the only way to clearly understand US policy toward Iraq is to see it in its proper historical context and within a transnational framework, this book is an important resource for those seeking a clear understanding of the conflict. Zusammenfassung This book offers a concise history of US policy in Iraq since 1990 and how it has evolved over two decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xiiiAcknowledgments xvDramatis Personae xviiMaps xxii1 The First Gulf War, 1990-1991 1Chronology 1George H.W. Bush and the New World Order 8Iraq Invades Kuwait 10Building the Coalition against Saddam 15Operation Desert Storm 20Documents: 29Document 1-A, Excerpts from National Security Directive 26, "U.S. Policy Toward the Persian Gulf," October 2, 1989 29Document 1-B, Meeting between Saddam Hussein and U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie, excerpts from April Glaspie memorandum, July 25, 1990 31Document 1-C, United Nations Resolution 660, August 2, 1990 33Document 1-D, United Nations Resolution 678, November 29, 1990 34Document 1-E, Excerpts from National Security Directive 54, January 15, 1991 35Document 1-F, Excerpts from speech by Saddam Hussein, February 11, 1991, Iraqi News Agency-Baghdad Radio 372 Clinton and Containment, 1992-2001 39Chronology 39Containment Plus 52Regime Change 54Documents: 64Document 2-A, Excerpts from United Nations Resolution 687, April 6, 1991 64Document 2-B, Excerpts from "Intelligence Successes and Failures in Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm," U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, 103rd Congress, 1st session, August 1993 73Document 2-C, Excerpts from the remarks of Anthony Lake, assistant to the president for national security affairs, "From Containment to Enlargement," Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C., September 21, 1993 74Document 2-D, Remarks of the Honorable Ibrahim M. Al-Shaheen, deputy chairman of the Kuwaiti National Committee for P.O.W.s in Iraq, August 6, 2006, U.S. House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 80Document 2-E, Letter dated May 5, 2001, from the permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations addressed to the secretary general, United Nations, New York 81Document 2-F, Text of President Clinton's address to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon staff, Washington, D.C., February 17, 1998 84Document 2-G, Project for a New American ...
