An alliance against Babylon : the U.S., Israel, and Iraq /
"Drawing from unpublished sources, as well as from John Cooley's personal encounters with principal players such as David Ben-Gurion, the Shah of Iran, Anwar al-Sadat, King Hussein of Jordan, and Saddam Hussein himself, this book gives a uniquely valuable perspective on the complex history...
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London ; Ann Arbor, MI :
Pluto Press,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- The Babylonian heritage
- The Ottoman empire divided
- "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah": bittersweet flight to Zion
- Iraq enters the Palestine arena
- Ménage à quatre: the U.S., Israel, Iran, and the Iraqi Kurds
- How the CIA gave Saddam a leg up
- Saddam's reign (I): business with the U.S.; warfare with Israel
- Saddam's reign (II): power plays and war, 1970-80
- Saddam's reign (III): defeat and defiance, 1980-90
- From Jerusalem to Washington: an alliance strengthened and confirmed
- Endgame: Iraq democratized or dismembered?