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A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq
Hans Van Sponeck
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Description for A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq
Hardback. Offers us a survey of political developments in Iraq, and an account of the suffering of the Iraqi people. This book explores the UN's sanction policies against Iraq, their consequences, and the domestic conditions. It is useful for those politicians and their foreign-policy advisors who continue to consider sanctions an effective form of policy. Num Pages: 322 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; JPSL; JPSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
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 His extensive research is based on previously unpublished internal UN documents and discussions with UN decision makers (such as General Secretary Kofi Annan), Iraqi officials and politicians (including Saddam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.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
322
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845452223
SKU
V9781845452223
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99-15
About Hans Van Sponeck
H. C. von Sponeck worked for the United Nations for more than thirty years and in 1998 was appointed UN Assistant Secretary General. During his service he worked for the UN Development program in Ghana, Turkey, Botswana, Pakistan and India. Since his resignation from the UN he has served as a member of the board of trustees of various non-governmental organizations in Switzerland, Italy and the US, as an adviser for multilateral issues, and as a consultant for personnel development in international organizations.
Reviews for A Different Kind of War: The UN Sanctions Regime in Iraq
In this sober and impressive study, Hans Graf Sponeck reminds us of the provisions of the Hague Convention of 1907 that bar any penalty inflicted on people for actions for which they are not responsible, an elementary moral principle and for the past century, a binding obligation on all states. In his meticulous and carefully reasoned review, he demonstrates with painful care and precision that the UN Security Council, but particularly the US and UK, radically violated these minimal conditions of civilized behavior in their sanctions program directed against the tortured population of Iraq, including the oil for food program that he valiantly tried to direct in a humane manner, struggling against their cruel and unremitting interference. It is necessary reading, with crucial lessons for the immediate future as well. And immensely sad . - Noam Chomsky This is one of the most important books I can remember. Hans von Sponeck, one of the UN's most senior and respected officials, who resigned rather than carry out inhuman US Administration-driven policies against the ordinary people of Iraq, has blown the whistle on one of the greatest acts of aggression: the medieval siege of Iraq. Read this superb book and you will understand the danger the world faces from an imperialist power. - John Pilger