Offering a portrait of the clandestine world of international arms dealing, this is an investigative report on the men, companies and governments who, since the mid-1970s, have helped to transform Iraq from a relatively insignificant oil state into a regional superpower. After the triumph of Operation Desert Storm, questions are still unanswered: what is Iraq's military capability?; and where did Saddam Hussein get the armaments to provoke the Gulf War? In detailing the Iraqi arms build-up, this book apportions blame to the Western countries and companies which supplied Saddam with weapons. Over a six-year period, Kenneth Timmerman made frequent visits to Iraq and interviewed men involved in its strategic weapons programme. He exposes what he describes as a conspiracy of silence in London, Washington, Paris and Bonn, where repeated warnings of Iraq's intentions were ignored, and argues that Saddam could never have brought about the Gulf War without the co-operation of Western governments.
- ISBN10 1857020316
- ISBN13 9781857020311
- Publish Date 30 January 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 May 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 443
- Language English