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- 112 pages
- 60 color photographs and maps
- Reinforced library binding
- 7" x 9"
- Timeline
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Grades 5 and up
- ISBN: 1-881508-63-3
- $24.95
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Students need the information in this timely new book. Military historian
Jason Richie clearly covers the conflict in Iraq and gives young readers
the background on Saddam Hussein and Iraq necessary to understand it.
In a readable, reasonable manner, Richie discusses the history of Iraq
after World War I, Saddams rise to power, the Iran-Iraq War in the
1980s, the Persian Gulf War, the weapons inspections and sanctions against
Iraq during the 1990s, as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Author Jason Richie is a U.S. Army veteran and historian who has written
a number of books for The Oliver Press, including Weapons: Designing
the Tools of War, and two In the Cabinet titles, Secretaries
of State: Making Foreign Policy and Secretaries of War, Navy, and
Defense: Ensuring National Security. He lives in Houston, Texas, with
his wife and son.
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