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• catalog abstract "This tale of modern warfare is told in three interwoven stories: the world of Washington policymaking; the hot spots of the Middle East, particularly Turkey; and a key venue of American arms manufacturing, Connecticut. These three disparate places have combined to produce one of the world's great human-rights catastrophes - the village-by-village destruction of "Kurdistan," the unsovereign homeland to 20 million people. To grasp the evolution of the Middle East and its relations with the West, we reach back more than a thousand years; to understand the politics of American intentions, we reach back to Richard Nixon's presidency; to see how Connecticut's prosperity became so dependent on the military, we reach back to the American Revolution. By the 1970s, the three eras are brought together forcefully: Washington is exporting weapons - often made in Connecticut - to Iran, Turkey, and elsewhere in the region, with uncommonly stark consequences. The different eras and locales demonstrate the sheer complexity of American-Islamic confrontation in the late twentieth century; they also show the utterly destructive role military largesse has played. The story encompasses not only folly and miscalculation but also suggestions for gracefully winding down the military-industrial complex from its Cold War excesses. Tirman doesn't simply blame the avaricious or amoral posturing of American leaders but lays out how the embrace of specious ideas about the Muslim world and American power has led to one failure after another in the region.".
• catalog contributor b10475868.
• catalog created "c1997.".
• catalog date "1997".
• catalog date "c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
• catalog description "1. The Trajectory of Tragedy -- 2. The West's Encounter with Islam -- 3. Nixon's "New Diplomacy" -- 4. The Iran Precedent -- 5. Connecticut, Sikorsky, and the Rise of the Military Helicopter -- 6. The Two Cultures of Washington Politics -- 7. The Turkish Option -- 8. Reagan Rearms -- 9. A Love Affair with the Black Hawk -- 10. A Market to Die For: The First Persian Gulf War -- 11. Riding the Procurement Wave -- 12. The Falcon Goes to Turkey -- 13. Turkey's War with Itself -- 14. The Reagan Legacy -- 15. The Deal of the Decade, Part One -- 16. The Second Persian Gulf War -- 17. Defense Dependency Takes Its Toll in Connecticut -- 18. The Deal of the Decade, Part Two -- 19. Coping with the Drawdown -- 20. New Tune, Same Dance: Washington, 1993-1995 -- 21. Americans in Turkey -- 22. Stratford Gets Bludgeoned -- 23. The Terrible Reckoning: Turkey's "White Genocide" -- 24. The Moral Equation.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-300) and index.".
• catalog description "The different eras and locales demonstrate the sheer complexity of American-Islamic confrontation in the late twentieth century; they also show the utterly destructive role military largesse has played. The story encompasses not only folly and miscalculation but also suggestions for gracefully winding down the military-industrial complex from its Cold War excesses. Tirman doesn't simply blame the avaricious or amoral posturing of American leaders but lays out how the embrace of specious ideas about the Muslim world and American power has led to one failure after another in the region.".
• catalog description "This tale of modern warfare is told in three interwoven stories: the world of Washington policymaking; the hot spots of the Middle East, particularly Turkey; and a key venue of American arms manufacturing, Connecticut. These three disparate places have combined to produce one of the world's great human-rights catastrophes - the village-by-village destruction of "Kurdistan," the unsovereign homeland to 20 million people. To grasp the evolution of the Middle East and its relations with the West, we reach back more than a thousand years; to understand the politics of American intentions, we reach back to Richard Nixon's presidency; to see how Connecticut's prosperity became so dependent on the military, we reach back to the American Revolution. By the 1970s, the three eras are brought together forcefully: Washington is exporting weapons - often made in Connecticut - to Iran, Turkey, and elsewhere in the region, with uncommonly stark consequences.".
• catalog extent "vii, 310 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Spoils of war.".
• catalog identifier "0684827263".
• catalog isFormatOf "Spoils of war.".
• catalog issued "1997".
• catalog issued "c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
• catalog relation "Spoils of war.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "382/.456233/0973 21".
• catalog subject "Arms transfers Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "Defense industries Moral and ethical aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "HD9743.U6 T57 1997".
• catalog subject "Military assistance, American Moral and ethical aspects.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Trajectory of Tragedy -- 2. The West's Encounter with Islam -- 3. Nixon's "New Diplomacy" -- 4. The Iran Precedent -- 5. Connecticut, Sikorsky, and the Rise of the Military Helicopter -- 6. The Two Cultures of Washington Politics -- 7. The Turkish Option -- 8. Reagan Rearms -- 9. A Love Affair with the Black Hawk -- 10. A Market to Die For: The First Persian Gulf War -- 11. Riding the Procurement Wave -- 12. The Falcon Goes to Turkey -- 13. Turkey's War with Itself -- 14. The Reagan Legacy -- 15. The Deal of the Decade, Part One -- 16. The Second Persian Gulf War -- 17. Defense Dependency Takes Its Toll in Connecticut -- 18. The Deal of the Decade, Part Two -- 19. Coping with the Drawdown -- 20. New Tune, Same Dance: Washington, 1993-1995 -- 21. Americans in Turkey -- 22. Stratford Gets Bludgeoned -- 23. The Terrible Reckoning: Turkey's "White Genocide" -- 24. The Moral Equation.".
• catalog title "Spoils of war : the human cost of America's arms trade / John Tirman.".
• catalog type "text".