Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

The Scourging of Iraq

Sanctions, Law and Natural Justice

  • Book
  • © 1998
  • Latest edition

Overview

Authors:
  1. Geoff Simons
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • 169 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. The Legacy of War

    • Geoff Simons
    Pages 1-32

  3. The Chronology of Sanctions

    • Geoff Simons
    Pages 33-104

  4. Targeting the Powerless

    • Geoff Simons
    Pages 105-173

  5. The Face of Genocide

    • Geoff Simons
    Pages 174-213

  6. The New Holocaust

    • Geoff Simons
    Pages 214-250

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 251-363
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

The Scourging of Iraq describes the impact of the 1991 Gulf War and subsequent economic sanctions on the Iraqi people. Evidence is presented to show that food and medicine are being denied to the civilian population, and that this involves a gross violation of the 1977 Protocol 1 addition to the 1949 Geneva Convention, which includes the words: 'Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited'. Sanctions are considered in a historical, political and legal context, with particular attention to how the economic blockade may be seen as a criminal violation of UN resolutions and the UN Genocide Convention.

Reviews

'Geoff Simons has written a scholarly and passionate account of sanctions on Iraq that should alert people to one of the cruellest instruments of foreign policy that uses starvation of a people to bring pressure against a government over which they have no democratic control.' - Tony Benn, MP

About the author

GEOFF SIMONS has written a wide range of successful books in various subject areas. His work has been translated into a dozen languages and many of his titles are on university reading lists. Now a freelance author, he was formerly Chief Editor and then Managing Editor in a major publishing company.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation