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War We Could Not Stop: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq
Door Randeep Ramesh
Categorie | Geschiedenis Midden-Oosten |
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Boeknummer | #327564-XD23 |
Titel | War We Could Not Stop: The Real Story of the Battle for Iraq |
Auteur | Ramesh, Randeep |
Boektype | Paperback |
Uitgeverij | London : Faber and Faber |
Jaar van uitgave | 2003 |
ISBN10 | 0571221106 |
ISBN13 | 9780571221103 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Paperback, some b/w illustrations, map, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | It took just three weeks for the second Gulf War to shake the world. Despite public protest and months of international negotiations, the bombs fell on Baghdad. Now, we can see the full picture. Guardian journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - have assembled the story of the most controversial war of modern times. Launched by the mightiest military force on the earth to topple Saddam Hussein, the devastating attack on Iraq brought havoc to the cradle of civilization. It showered horror, pity, death and despair on a people whom history has already burdened with oppression and tyranny. Whether the disorder wrought was justified is for the future to decide. This book is the history of destruction that was the war we could... (Lees verder) not stop. |
Pagina's | 303 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 6,00 |
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