Iraq, past, present and future: a thoroughly-modern mandate? by Beverley Milton-Edwards (History & Policy)

Iraq, past, present and future: a thoroughly-modern mandate?

by Beverley Milton-Edwards

from History & Policy: connecting the study of history to today.

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The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup

The Secret CIA History of the Iran Coup:

From The National Security Archive, George Washington University.

"This extremely important document is one of the last major pieces of the puzzle explaining American and British roles in the August 1953 coup against Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadeq. Written in March 1954 by Donald Wilber, one of the operation’s chief planners, the 200-page document is essentially an after-action report, apparently based in part on agency cable traffic and Wilber’s interviews with agents who had been on the ground in Iran as the operation lurched to its conclusion." 

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Operation Desert Storm

Operation Desert Storm

From The National Security Archive, George Washington University.

"During the early morning hours (Baghdad time) of January 17, 1991, the United States and its allies initiated Operation Desert Storm in accord with United Nations resolutions and U.S. government policy directives that authorized the use of force to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait.  The National Security Archive ihas placed a collection of declassified and unclassified documents concerning Desert Storm on its web site.  The documents primarily focus on the intelligence, space support, Scud-hunting, and stealth (F-117A) elements of the conflict.

These documents provide information on:

possible Iraqi actions, including the attempted destruction of Kuwaiti oil fields, which a secret Presidential directive stipulated would lead the U.S. to seek and replace Saddam Hussein

lessons learned from the attempts to find and destroy Iraqi Scud missiles

the role of a variety of space systems, including the Defense Support Program launch detection satellites, in support of the ground and air wars

the debriefing of Iraqi emigres and defectors in support of targeting

how China's People's Liberation Army has responded to the lessons of Desert Storm."

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The creation of the Iraqi state: 1914 to 1974

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The creation of the Iraqi state: 1914 to 1974

A lecture by Dr Charles Tripp, Reader in Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to mark the launch of Thomson Learning's online edition of his selection of files on the history of Iraq. Dr Tripp, author of the Cambridge History of Iraq, considers the consequences of British state-building for Iraq's future.

Author: Charles Tripp
Duration: 44:34

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