An Alliance Against Babylon : The U. S. , Israel, and Iraq.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Babylonian Heritage -- ANCESTRAL MEMORIES -- CAPTIVES OF BABYLON -- BABYLON REBUILT? -- THE MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS -- THE JEWISH EXILES -- A SHRINE RESTORED -- "SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY" -- OTTOMAN POWER DECLINES -- 2. The Ottoman Empire Divided -- ANTECEDENTS OF WAR -- BRITAIN CAPTURES BAGHDAD -- BETRAYAL IN THE LEVANT -- ENTER THE U.S. -- THE HASHEMITES ARRIVE -- DIVIDING THE OILY SPOILS -- WILSON OPENS DOORS -- PALESTINE TO CENTER STAGE -- 3. "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah": -- A GUIDED TOUR -- JEWISH SURVIVORS -- INDEPENDENCE ... SORT OF -- VIOLENCE AND RESCUE -- WHEELING, DEALING, AND MISHAPS -- "ARAB" JEWS WHO MADE IT -- WHOSE TERRORISM? -- 4. Iraq Enters the Palestine Arena -- THE ROOTS OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE -- RESISTING THE BRITISH -- THE ARABS PREPARE FOR WAR -- IRAQ FIGHTS THE NEW ISRAELI STATE -- STALEMATE AND ISRAELI VICTORY -- ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS-MINUS IRAQ -- BEN-GURION SPEAKS -- 5. Ménage à Quatre: The U.S., Israel, Iran, and the Iraqi Kurds -- THE KURDS' FADED DREAMS -- THE KURDS' NEW FRIENDS: THE STATE OF -- KASSEM CONTRA KURDS -- THE ISRAELI-KURDISH HONEYMOON -- UNCLE SAM'S ROLE -- THE NIXON-KISSINGER-SHAH AXIS -- THE OIL EQUATION -- IRAQ AND THE KURDS IN THE COLD WAR -- 6. How the CIA Gave Saddam a Leg Up -- KASSEM, NASSER, AND SADDAM -- JAMES CRITCHFIELD: COLD WARRIOR PAR -- THE FIRST BA'ATHIST COUP -- ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION -- SADDAM'S SWAY BEGINS -- IRAQ'S STRATEGIC THREAT TO ISRAEL -- IRAQ IN THE 1967 WAR -- 7. Saddam's Reign (I): Business With the U.S. -- warfare with Israel -- U.S. BUSINESS AND SADDAM'S TRIUMPH -- THE JULY BA'ATHIST TAKEOVER -- PROGRAMS AND POWER STRUGGLES -- ISRAEL'S COVERT WAR ON SADDAM -- THE MIG-21 CAPER -- SADDAM'S REAL AND IMAGINED FOES -- SADDAM AND THE PALESTINIANS -- BLACK SEPTEMBER IN JORDAN -- SYRIA REPULSED -- IRAQ WITHDRAWS.

8. Saddam's Reign (II): Power Plays and war, 1970-80 -- THE REASSURANCE OF U.S. AID -- SADAT PLANS FOR WAR -- ISRAEL'S "CONCEPT" -- U.S. COMPLACENCY AND THE "OIL WEAPON" -- ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE FAILURE -- IRAQ TO THE RESCUE OF SYRIA -- SADDAM GETS A BREATHER -- SADDAM CLAMPS DOWN-AND SEEKS TOTAL -- THE DOWNFALL OF BAQR -- A "CYNICAL EMBRACE" -- SADDAM ATTACKS IRAN -- 9. Saddam's Reign (III): Defeat and Defiance, 1980-90 -- ISRAEL, IRANGATE, AND THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR -- THE OSIRAK CAPER -- RETRIBUTION FOR INMAN -- TILTING TOWARD SADDAM -- REAGAN, RUMSFELD, AND SADDAM -- ISRAEL'S OIL CONCERNS -- WESTERN ARMS FOR IRAQ -- SADDAM'S LARGESS FOR PALESTINIANS -- GOOD COP, BAD COP -- 10. From Jerusalem to Washington: an alliance strengthened and confirmed -- MISSILES, "SUPERGUNS," AND PROFITS -- SADDAM BREWS THE KUWAIT CRISIS -- ISRAEL AND "DESERT STORM" -- TARGET: SADDAM HUSSEIN -- KUWAIT FREED: SADDAM SPARED -- CLINTON'S CONTAINMENT -- THE CIA'S -- AN ISRAELI PEACE WITH SADDAM? -- MISADVENTURES OF THE UN ARMS -- CLINTON: "OUST SADDAM" -- U.S. POLICY SHIFTS -- THE "NEOCONS" AT WORK -- 11. Endgame: Iraq Democratized or Dismembered? -- "GET SADDAM" -- THE PALESTINIAN DISCONNECTION -- THE CABAL IN ACTION -- MECHANICS OF AN ALLIANCE -- ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE INPUT -- A (MILITARILY) WELL-PLANNED CAMPAIGN -- THE UNPLANNED OCCUPATION -- INTELLIGENCE FIASCOS -- ISRAEL'S STEINITZ INQUIRY -- SHARED WEAPONS, SHARED TRAINING -- THE ABU GHRAIB NIGHTMARE -- ISRAEL, TURKEY, AND THE IRAQI KURDS -- NATION-BUILDING-OR DISSOLUTION? -- AN ENDGAME BEGINS -- AN ALLIANCE HOLDS -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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