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Primary Sources
Jimmy Carter, Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President, (1982)
Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography, (1990)
Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years, (1993)
George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, (1998)
John Sununu, The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush, (2015)
James Baker, III and Thomas DeFrank, The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War & Peace, 1989-1992, (1995)
Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, (2011)
Colin Powell and Joseph Persico, My American Journey, (1996)
William Burns, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal, (2019)
Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, (2004)
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pilgrimage for Peace: A Secretary-General’s Memoir, (1997)
Moshe Arens, In Defense of Israel: A Memoir of a Political Life, (2018)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf & Peter Petre, It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography, (1993)
Secondary Sources
Micah Sifry & Christopher Cerf, The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions, (1991)
Saied Aburish, The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of The House of Saud, (1994)
Turi Munthe, The Saddam Hussein Reader, (2002)
Con Coughlin, Saddam: The Secret Life, (2002)
Douglas Little, American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945, (2004)
Michael Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present, (2011)
Gordon Thomas, Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad, (2012)
Robert Draper, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq, (2020)
Steve Coll, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, (2024)
Footnotes
[1] billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1990-08-04/, boxofficemojo.com/month/august/1990/, sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357298/000035729801500016/dowjones.html
[2] Bush, Scowcroft, p. 302-4
[3] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[4] Coughlin, p. 150-62
[5] Coughlin, p. 166-71, 211-5
[6] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[7] Little, p. 137-42
[8] Little, p. 137-42
[9] Little, p. 142-55
[10] Reagan, p. 273, 410-5
[11] Coughlin, p. 211-5, Cuellar, p. 131-2
[12] Draper, p. 53-6
[13] Baker, p. 260-4, Oren, p. 560-3
[14] Saddam Reader, Black, p. 189-7, Draper, p. 57-9
[15] Baker, p. 260-4
[16] Coll, Achilles,p. 144-6
[17] Baker, p. 260-4
[18] Coughlin, p. 237-42
[19] Schwarzkopf, p. 346-8
[20] Baker, p. 264-7, Coll, Achilles,p. 144-6
[21] Coughlin, p. 239-42, 247-9
[22] Draper, p. 59-62
[23] Coll, Achilles,p. 147-8
[24] Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 99-101
[25] Coughlin, p. 245-7, Coll, Achilles,p. 148-50
[26] Baker, p. 267-71, Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 102
[27] Coll, Achilles,p. 150-2, Thomas, p. 303-7
[28] Arens, p. 164-5
[29] Coll, Achilles,p. 152-6, Bush, Scowcroft, p. 307-12
[30] Baker, p. 267-71
[31] Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 102-3
[32] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9, Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 63-4
[33] Coughlin, p. 247-9, Baker, p. 267-71
[34] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9
[35] Baker, p. 267-71
[36] Coll, Achilles,p 159-63
[37] Baker, p. 271-4, Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 63-4
[38] Sununu, p. 271-4
[39] Bush, Scowcroft, p. 307-12
[40] Coll, Achilles,p 159-63
[41] Baker, p. 271-4
[42] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8
[43] Cheney, p. 181-3, Arens, p. 164-5, Schwarzkopf, p. 362-6
[44] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[45] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9, Powell, p. 446-9
[46] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8
[47] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8, Baker, p. 271
[48] Burns, p. 56-60, Baker, p. 271-4
[49] Sununu, p. 271-4
[50] Coll, Achilles, p. 168-71
[51] Coughlin, p. 249-52
[52] Powell, p. 446-9
[53] Schwarzkopf, p. 366-71,
Powell, p. 446-9
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Primary Sources
Jimmy Carter, Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President, (1982)
Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography, (1990)
Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years, (1993)
George Bush and Brent Scowcroft, A World Transformed, (1998)
John Sununu, The Quiet Man: The Indispensable Presidency of George H.W. Bush, (2015)
James Baker, III and Thomas DeFrank, The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War & Peace, 1989-1992, (1995)
Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney, In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir, (2011)
Colin Powell and Joseph Persico, My American Journey, (1996)
William Burns, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for its Renewal, (2019)
Dennis Ross, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, (2004)
Javier Perez de Cuellar, Pilgrimage for Peace: A Secretary-General’s Memoir, (1997)
Moshe Arens, In Defense of Israel: A Memoir of a Political Life, (2018)
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf & Peter Petre, It Doesn’t Take a Hero: The Autobiography, (1993)
Secondary Sources
Micah Sifry & Christopher Cerf, The Gulf War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions, (1991)
Saied Aburish, The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of The House of Saud, (1994)
Turi Munthe, The Saddam Hussein Reader, (2002)
Con Coughlin, Saddam: The Secret Life, (2002)
Douglas Little, American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945, (2004)
Michael Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present, (2011)
Gordon Thomas, Gideon’s Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad, (2012)
Robert Draper, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq, (2020)
Steve Coll, The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, The CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, (2024)
Footnotes
[1] billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1990-08-04/, boxofficemojo.com/month/august/1990/, sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357298/000035729801500016/dowjones.html
[2] Bush, Scowcroft, p. 302-4
[3] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[4] Coughlin, p. 150-62
[5] Coughlin, p. 166-71, 211-5
[6] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[7] Little, p. 137-42
[8] Little, p. 137-42
[9] Little, p. 142-55
[10] Reagan, p. 273, 410-5
[11] Coughlin, p. 211-5, Cuellar, p. 131-2
[12] Draper, p. 53-6
[13] Baker, p. 260-4, Oren, p. 560-3
[14] Saddam Reader, Black, p. 189-7, Draper, p. 57-9
[15] Baker, p. 260-4
[16] Coll, Achilles,p. 144-6
[17] Baker, p. 260-4
[18] Coughlin, p. 237-42
[19] Schwarzkopf, p. 346-8
[20] Baker, p. 264-7, Coll, Achilles,p. 144-6
[21] Coughlin, p. 239-42, 247-9
[22] Draper, p. 59-62
[23] Coll, Achilles,p. 147-8
[24] Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 99-101
[25] Coughlin, p. 245-7, Coll, Achilles,p. 148-50
[26] Baker, p. 267-71, Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 102
[27] Coll, Achilles,p. 150-2, Thomas, p. 303-7
[28] Arens, p. 164-5
[29] Coll, Achilles,p. 152-6, Bush, Scowcroft, p. 307-12
[30] Baker, p. 267-71
[31] Gulf War Reader, The Economist, p. 102-3
[32] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9, Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 63-4
[33] Coughlin, p. 247-9, Baker, p. 267-71
[34] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9
[35] Baker, p. 267-71
[36] Coll, Achilles,p 159-63
[37] Baker, p. 271-4, Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 63-4
[38] Sununu, p. 271-4
[39] Bush, Scowcroft, p. 307-12
[40] Coll, Achilles,p 159-63
[41] Baker, p. 271-4
[42] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8
[43] Cheney, p. 181-3, Arens, p. 164-5, Schwarzkopf, p. 362-6
[44] Gulf War Reader, Khalidi, p. 61-2
[45] Coll, Achilles,p. 156-9, Powell, p. 446-9
[46] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8
[47] Coll, Achilles, p. 163-8, Baker, p. 271
[48] Burns, p. 56-60, Baker, p. 271-4
[49] Sununu, p. 271-4
[50] Coll, Achilles, p. 168-71
[51] Coughlin, p. 249-52
[52] Powell, p. 446-9
[53] Schwarzkopf, p. 366-71,
Powell, p. 446-9
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