Download or read book Iraq- Primus Inter Pariahs written by G. Simons and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-06-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book considers the ethical credentials of the United States in branding various countries 'pariah states', and describes the background to the Iraq Question (the role of Saddam, the genocidal sanctions regime, etc.). A detailed chronology of 1997-98 US/Iraq weapons-inspections crisis is given, prior to a profile of the subsequent UN/Iraqi settlement and its aftermath.