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A chronology of United States-Iraqi relations, 1920-2006 by Henry E Mattox
"Retired US Foreign Service officer Mattox presents a chronology of US-Iraqi relations that begins in the 1920s but focuses on the period of heaviest involvement from the 1980s, when we were aiding Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran, through the first Gulf War, the sanctions era, the invasion and occupation, and ending with the execution of Hussein at the end of 2006. Perhaps unsurprisingly given his professional background, Mattox's choices for inclusion tend to reflect Washington's preferred perspective and elide or omit many events, although certainly not all, that shed negative light on US actions and policies." - bBNET
"Retired US Foreign Service officer Mattox presents a chronology of US-Iraqi relations that begins in the 1920s but focuses on the period of heaviest involvement from the 1980s, when we were aiding Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran, through the first Gulf War, the sanctions era, the invasion and occupation, and ending with the execution of Hussein at the end of 2006. Perhaps unsurprisingly given his professional background, Mattox's choices for inclusion tend to reflect Washington's preferred perspective and elide or omit many events, although certainly not all, that shed negative light on US actions and policies." - bBNET