Oil and the Kurdish Question: How Democracies Go to War in the Era of Late Capitalism

by Stephen C. Pelletiere

Overview

Oil and the Kurdish Question critiques the conventional narrative of the Iran-Iraq War and the associated Anfal campaign. It also examines how publicists exploited the myth of the Kurdish holocaust as justification for America to declare war on Iraq.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498516662
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	05/19/2016
Pages:	212
Sales rank:	982,613
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Stephen C. Pelletiere is an independent scholar.

Table of Contents

Chapter One—Background of Events Chapter Two—Critiquing the Narrative Chapter Three—The Trial of Saddam Hussein Chapter Four—A Corrupt Enterprise Chapter Five—Death of a System

Editorial Reviews

This controversial book analyzes the issues surrounding the motivation, conduct, and outcome of the 2nd American war in Iraq. It will form a lasting addition to the growing literature on what we actually know (as opposed to what we have been told) about our sorry adventure in Iraq.

Michael Lawlor

Pelletiere’s analysis of the role of the Kurds in recent Middle East conflicts reminds us that when foreign policy is developed in secret by people associated with powerful and aggressive private interests (oil, neocons, the Establishment), the resulting policy benefits only those interests, or no one.

Donald Gibson