Article ID: CBB479739334

Iraq, the United States, and the long shadow of the Cold War (2019)

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From 1975 to 1990, Iraq and the US engaged in a relationship of mutual misunderstanding structured by the Cold War. As Saddam Hussein fixated on the threat of US conspiracies coordinated with Iran and Israel, American officials perceived Saddam Hussein as a pragmatist on the basis of Cold War logics. The end of the Cold War removed the conditions that allowed the two states’ tenuous partnership. Drawing on Iraqi and US records, this article challenges the conventional view that containing Iran drove US-Iraq relations in the 1980s. It re-conceptualises Saddam Hussein as an actor enmeshed in Cold War geopolitics.

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Authors & Contributors
Urbansky, Sören
Péter Vámos
Zofka, Jan
Germuska, Pál
Jersild, Austin
Junker, Detlef
Journals
Cold War History
Science in Context
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Springer
Concepts
Cold War
International relations
Political science
Geopolitics
Communism
Technology and war; technology and the military
People
Khruschchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
Reagan, Ronald
Papandreou, Andreas
Mijal, Kazimierz
Pinochet, Augusto
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
Places
China
United States
Soviet Union
Hungary
Africa
Great Britain
Institutions
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Ford Foundation
World Bank
International Red Cross
Stasi [Ministerium für Staatssicherheit]
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON)
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