Spider's Web; The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq
Peter Gridley (Jacket photo), and Helayne Seidman New York: Bantam Books, 1993. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xix, [1], 455, [5] pages. Illustrations. Author's Note. Appendix A, B, and C. Notes. Index. Business card stapled to fep. Alan Friedman (born April 30, 1956) is an American journalist, author and former media and public relations executive. He was recognized as the journalist who led the report on the Iraqgate scandal in 1991 that connected the CIA with the supply of non-U.S. origin weapons to Saddam Hussein. For ten years, the White House, assisted by allies in London and Rome, brushed aside the law in a relentless quest to support Saddam Hussein. What were the forces that shaped this persisting embrace of a dictator whom George Bush would eventually compare to Adolf Hitler? How did Washington and its NATO allies nurture a frequently illicit rapport with Saddam, and what was the real story of why it became necessary to mount Operation Desert Storm? How did the governments led by George Bush and Margaret Thatcher seek to cover up their past dealings with the Iraqi leader after Desert Storm finally drove him from Kuwait in 1991? Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Giulio Andreotti, James Baker, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Commodity Credit Corporation, Central Intelligence Agency, Christopher Drogoul, Robert Gates, Boyden Gray, Nuclear Weapons, Irangate, Saddam Hussein
ISBN: 0553096508
[Book #85155]
Price: $45.00