Review: Sanctioning Saddam
| Date | 01 March 2000 |
| Published date | 01 March 2000 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200005500114 |
| Author | Margaret Doxey |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
the
Communist
party
of
the
Soviet
Union
is
in
favour
of
peace,
inter-
national co-operation,
and
universal
human
values.
To
take
one
exam-
ple,
he
writes
that
the
defence
of
humanism
is
a
global
task.
Needless
to
say,
readers
searching
for
deeper
insights
or
controversial
beliefs
will
not
find them
here.
The
real
problem,
of
course,
with
On
My Country
and
the
World
is
that
it
is
neither
about
the
Soviet
Union
nor
about
the world.
It
is
about
Mikhail
Gorbachev
and
his
attempt
to
secure
a
legacy
as
a
wise
and
competent
statesman.
This
book,
like
his last,
fails
to
make
that
case.
Indeed, the
book's
lack
of
candour,
arrogant
tone,
and
manifest
inability
(or
unwillingness)
to come to
terms
with
the
Soviet
tragedy
all
suggest
that
the
more
Gorbachev writes, the
more
diminished
that
already
tarnished
legacy
will be.
Thomas
Nichols/
U.S.
Naval
War
College.
SANCTIONING
SADDAM
The
politics
of
intervention
in
Iraq
Sarah
Graham-Brown
London
&
New
York:
I.B.
Tauris,
1999,
xx,
380pp, us$35.00,
ISBN
1-86064-473-2
Comprehensive
economic
sanctions
were
imposed
on
Iraq
by
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
in
August
1990, immediately
after
Iraq
invaded Kuwait.
They
have
been
kept
in
place
ever
since,
although
once
the
liberation
of
Kuwait
had
been
successfully
achieved
by
the
use
of
force
the objective
became
the
removal
of
Iraq's
deadly weapons
capability
and
the
establishment
of
a
Compensation
Commission
to
handle
claims for
war
damage
and
ensure reparations
by
Iraq.
Over
time, the
deterioration
of
living
conditions
for
the
Iraqi
population
became
a
matter
of
grave
concern
and
led
to
the
introduction
of
the
'oil
for
food'
scheme,
which
permits
the
export
of
Iraqi
oil
and
the
import
by
Iraq
of
humanitarian
supplies,
both
under
strict
United
Nations
control.
To
meet growing
needs,
limits
on
the
amount
of
oil
which
can
be
exported
were
first
eased
and
then
removed
altogether,
but
sanc-
tions
remain
in
force,
and
the
most
recent
Security
Council
resolution
(17
December
1999),
which
provides for
their
temporary
suspension
if
weapons
inspectors
are
allowed
back
into
Iraq,
clearly
illustrates
the
unwillingness
of
the
United
States
and
Britain to
make
concessions
to
the
Iraqi
regime.
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