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Five - The Mother of All Battles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Kevin M. Woods
Affiliation:
Institute for Defense Analyses
David D. Palkki
Affiliation:
National Defense University
Mark E. Stout
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University
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Summary

This war [the Gulf War]…was beneficial for us.

– Saddam Hussein, 1993

The invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 by Saddam Hussein's Iraq set in motion a long conflict with the United States that ended only in 2003. For Saddam and the Baʾath regime he had controlled since 1979, the invasion would ultimately prove fatal. It ensured that most Iraqis, who were still cherishing the recent end of the Iran-Iraq War, would suffer the deprivations of yet another long war, one that would lead to a third: a destructive civil war. As Saddam later noted, “Being at peace is not easy.”

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The Saddam Tapes
The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime, 1978–2001
, pp. 165 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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