"In the summer of 1990, as he announced his army''s surprise invasion of Kuwait, the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told his people that the neighboring oil-rich country was rightfully theirs. Many believed him. When he announced Kuwait''s annexation, as Iraq''s 19th province, they celebrated with patriotic fervor"--▼cProvided by publisher

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