Causes of the Iraq War

Gallagher, Jim

ISBN 10: 1595560092 ISBN 13: 9781595560094

Casa editrice: Ottn Pub, 2005

Riassunto

Discusses the causes of the 2003 Iraq war, explaining the origins of Iraq, the reasons for its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent U.N. efforts to disarm Iraq, and the U.S. desire to remove Saddam Hussein from power"—

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L'autore:

Jim Gallagher is the author of more than 20 books for young readers, including The Johnstown Flood and Ferdinand Magellan and the First Voyage Around the World. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, LaNelle, and their son, Donald.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

In March 2003, the United States and its allies launched an attack on Iraq, to remove the country’s brutal and dangerous dictator, Saddam Hussein, from power. U.S. leaders feared Iraq had developed weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons that could be used to kill large numbers of people—and wanted to prevent Saddam from using the weapons or giving them to terrorist groups.The causes of the Iraq War begin in the late 19th century. This book describes the creation of Iraq after World War I, and traces the events that led to the 1991 Gulf War. It discusses the rising tensions throughout the 1990s, as Saddam defied U.N. demands that he disarm. And it explains how, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, U.S. leaders decided to make regime change in Iraq a key element of their “war on terrorism.”

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• Editore: Ottn Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1595560092
• ISBN 13: 9781595560094
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 72