Saddam's War of Words Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

Name: Saddam's War of Words Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
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ISBN: 9780292702646

ISBN-10: 0292702647

ISBN-13: 9780292702646

Edition: 2004

Authors: Jerry M. Long

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Jerry Long offers the first in-depth investigation of how Saddam Hussein used Islam & Arab nationalism to lend legitimacy to his invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Long examines both the short & long term impacts of this strategy amongst Muslim & particularly Arab nations.

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

JERRY M. LONG is Director of Middle East Studies and Assistant Professor in the Honors College at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Historical Background and Inter-Arab Politics prior to the Invasion of Kuwait



Historical Background and Inter-Arab Politics after the Invasion of Kuwait



Iraq, Deep Culture, and the Employment of Islam before the Invasion of Kuwait



Fi Sabil Allah: Iraq and the Employment of Islam in the Invasion of Kuwait



Islam and the Region at War



Reflections on Jihad and the Other Gulf War



Closing Reflection: The View from the Mountains


Notes


Bibliography


Index