The War Against Saddam Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad by Simpson John

London England: Macmillan. Hardback. First Edition.Crease to back D/J. This book is not simply an account of the recent war and its ongoing and unresolved consequences. It is a vivid, authoritative and compellingly readable account of the West's relationship with iraq throughout the years that Simpson has reported on the country and on Daddam Hussein. With his extensive knowledge of iraq's bloodstained history and of the forces that made Saddam Hussein into the dictator he became, Simpson fills in the background from the early years of the last century to the present. he examines the period leading up to the first Gulf War, the war itself and its immediate aftermath. He describes the increasing tyranny of Saddam's regin in the years that followed the war, the reality of his weapons programme and why the UN weapons inspectors were allowed to return and what they discovered when they did. He shows in minute detail how and why, in the wake of 11 Septement, the threat from iraq seemed to be… Read More

Published by MacMillan, 2003. 1ST edition.. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper. B/w photos. ------