The United Nations and Iraq-Kuwait Conflict, 1990-1996 (United Nations Blue Books) [Paperback]

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• Paperback: 844 pages
• Publisher: United Nations Publications (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9211005965
• ISBN-13: 978-9211005967
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,700,193 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The United Nations and the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict, 1990-1996., July 26, 2001

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Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The United Nations and Iraq-Kuwait Conflict, 1990-1996 (United Nations Blue Books) (Paperback)

Documentsmostly but not exclusively from the United Nationsare the star here, taking up 700 pages. Implicitly recognizing that the United Nations had only a minor role until the fighting ended in February 1991, nine-tenths of the documents date from the period since then, presenting the sanctions regime in all its military and economic complexity. They contain very little legalese or U.N. self-importance and lots of substance, including much hard-hitting analysis (a human rights report by Max van der Stoel, for example, cites Iraq as one huge prison).

A reader looking for Boutros-Ghalis few perfunctory introduction lines might look in vain and conclude that they got omitted. Not so; the secretary-general is credited for the fine 113-page analysis that opens the volume. Lest it be assumed that this be a courtesy for the U.N.s chief executive, note that he cut his teeth as a professor of international law and, in addition to other books in this same U.N. series, compiled prior such books. But Boutros-Ghalis text, for all its virtues, is prisoner to the unique U.N. perspective. The first paragraph lauds that organization for acting as a powerful instrument for international peace and security. The second presents the Iraqi assault on Kuwait as the first instance since 1945 when one Member State sought to completely overpower and annex anothera bit of revisionist history that ignores other such instances (Israel and Bosnia) where more controversy reigns.

Middle East Quarterly, December 1996