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At a time when the international community is again
threatening some countries with sanctions, this book comes as a warning. It
should be mandatory reading for all those politicians and their
foreign-policy advisors who continue to consider sanctions an effective
form of policy. The author not only offers us a critical, lucid, and
well-informed survey of political developments in Iraq, but also a
heart-rending account of the suffering of the Iraqi people. It was they who
bore the brunt of the 13-year's sanctions, while the members of Saddam's
regime continued to live in luxury and accumulate huge fortunes.
H.-C. von Sponeck, the former "UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq,"
explores the UN's sanction policies against Iraq, their consequences, and
the domestic conditions during this period. His extensive research is based
on previously unpublished internal UN documents and discussions with UN
decision makers (such as General Secretary Kofi Annan), Iraqi officials and
politicians (including Saddam Hussein), and ordinary Iraqis. The author's
findings question who really benefited from the program, what role the UN
Security Council and its various member states played, and whether there
were then and are today alternatives to the UN's Iraq policies.
threatening some countries with sanctions, this book comes as a warning. It
should be mandatory reading for all those politicians and their
foreign-policy advisors who continue to consider sanctions an effective
form of policy. The author not only offers us a critical, lucid, and
well-informed survey of political developments in Iraq, but also a
heart-rending account of the suffering of the Iraqi people. It was they who
bore the brunt of the 13-year's sanctions, while the members of Saddam's
regime continued to live in luxury and accumulate huge fortunes.
H.-C. von Sponeck, the former "UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq,"
explores the UN's sanction policies against Iraq, their consequences, and
the domestic conditions during this period. His extensive research is based
on previously unpublished internal UN documents and discussions with UN
decision makers (such as General Secretary Kofi Annan), Iraqi officials and
politicians (including Saddam Hussein), and ordinary Iraqis. The author's
findings question who really benefited from the program, what role the UN
Security Council and its various member states played, and whether there
were then and are today alternatives to the UN's Iraq policies.
