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The Gulf Crisis : Origins and Consequences
Author: 
Walid Khalidi
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
1991
Language: 
English
Number of Pages: 
43
Abstract

Written before the launching of Desert Storm this overview of the Gulf crisis addresses such questions as: What caused Iraq to occupy Kuwait? Why do some Arab leaders and certain sectors of Arab public opinion sympathize with Saddam? What is Saddam's strategy? The author places the responsibility for the crisis directly on Saddam and calls upon him to withdraw forthwith from Kuwait.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Walid Khalidi was born in Jerusalem, he was educated at the University of London and Oxford University.  He taught at Oxford, the American University of Beirut, and Harvard.  Khalidi is a cofounder of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS, Beirut), of which he was general secretary until recently.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a cofounder of the Royal Scientific Society, Amman.  He currently serves as President of the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPSUS, Washington, DC).
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