Iraq's Road to War

by Amatzia Baram, Barry Rubin (Editor)

Iraq's Road to War shows how President Saddam Husayn's decision-making and Iraq's domestic politics, economics, and foreign relations combined in a volatile mix to bring about both the 1980 invasion on Iran and the 1990 seizing of Kuwait.

320 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1994

About the author

Dr. Amatzia Baram is Professor Emeritus at the Department of the History of the Middle East and Director of the Centre for Iraq Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Reviews

[Al · Rating 3 out of 5]

This reading explores Saddam Hussein’s rationale for attacking Kuwait, and the Iraqi perspective on events leading up to Operation DESERT STORM. It is particularly valuable for its examination of Saddam’s domestic motives and its counter-factual analysis of his “other options.” A fascinating group of essays which significantly adds to the mainly US-European view.