Gulf War Sources

The sources noted below are used in these essays:
The Gulf War: Myth and Reality
The Gulf War: Origins and Motivations

  1. "Instances of the Use of United Staes Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945," presented to Senate committees by Secretary of State Rusk in 1962 in discussion about Cuba, and used to show precedent for intervention without congressional authorization. Cited i n Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman, The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (South End Press, 1979), note 1, p. 372, Vol. 1 of The Political Economy of Human Rights, 2 vols., 1979.
  2. Estimate of CIA operations by former CIA officer John Stockwell, based on US Senate Church Committee figures.
  3. Michael Linfield, Freedom Under Fire: US Civil Liberties in Times of War (South End Press, 1990).
  4. Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Soceities (South End Press, 1989).
  5. Alexand Cockburn, "Ashes and Diamonds," In These Times, August 29-September 11, 1990.
  6. "Bush OKs calling up reserves," compiled from news services, Austin American-Statesman, 8-23-90.
  7. Michael Rogin, "Ronald Reagan," the Movie, and Other Episodes in Political Demonology (University of California Press, 1987).
  8. Dennis Bernstein, "The New, Improved Moderate Arena Party," Extra!, Special edition on Human Rights and the Media, Summer 1989.
  9. Christopher Simpson, Blowback (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988).
  10. Charles Higham, Trading with the Enemy (Dell, 1983).
  11. Edward Herman and Gerry O'Sullivan, The Terrorism Industry (Pantheon, 1989).
  12. John Stockwell, In Search of Enemies (Norton, 1978).
  13. Joel Bleifuss, "In Short," In These Times, September 13-19, 1989.
  14. Jay Gould and Benjamin Goldman, Deadly Deceit: Low-Level Waste, High-Level Cover-Up (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1990).
  15. Seth Kantor, "Rep. Gonzalez: Bank funded Iraqi invasion," Austin American-Statesman, 8-4-90.
  16. Alexander Cockburn, "Beat the Devil," The Nation, August 27/September 3, 1990.
  17. Raymond Bonner, Weakness and Deceit: US Policy and El Salvador (Times Books, 1984).
  18. Noam Chomsky, The Culture of Terrorism (south End Press, 1988).
  19. John Stockwell, The Praetorian Guard: The US in the New International Security State (South End Press, 1990).
  20. Jim Fain, "The UN finally proves its worth," Austin American-Statesman, 8-14-90.
  21. Jim Fain, "There's pain ahead, Mr. President," Austin American-Statesman, 8-22-90.
  22. Noam Chomsky, At War with Asia: Essays on Indochina (Pantheon, 1969).
  23. Cynthia Enloe, Does Khaki Become You: The Militarization of Women's Lives (Pandora Press, 1983).
  24. Study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, cited in Stanley Meiser, "Watching the nation's income gap widen," Austin American-Statesman, 7-24-90.
  25. Walter V. Robinson, "Fighter jet pilots allowed to shoot, Saudi fliers say," Austin American-Statesman, 8-22-90.
  26. Jim Fain, "Don't look now, but the Reaganomics bills are coming due," Austin American-Statesman.
  27. R. Gregg Roberts's thesis that military spending is an addictive behavior; unpublished paper.
  28. Mark Thompson and Tim Weiner, "Military, domestic costs high," Austin American-Statesman, 8-12-90.
  29. Eric Schmitt, "US officials consider transfer of $1 billion in weapons to buttress Israel," Austin American-Statesman, 9-1-90.
  30. Stanford Law and Policy Review, cited in Joel Bleifuss, "The First Stone," In These Times, June 20-July3, 1990.
  31. Curtis J. Lang, "Licensed to Steal," Village Voice, 7-10-90.

The above sources are used in these essays:
The Gulf War: Myth and Reality
The Gulf War: Origins and Motivations

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