This book describes the background and course of the eight-year-long Gulf war and provides a general assessment of its political, economic and social effects on the rest of the world, including the superpowers. Dilip Hiro has written many books on Eastern politics, his most recent ones being "Islamic Fundamentalism", "Iran: The revolution within" and "Inside the Middle East". He has also written works of fiction and contributes regularly to the "The Sunday Times", "The Guardian" and "New Statesman".

Dilip Hiro
Paperback 352 pages Publisher: Paladin 1990

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