List of Maps Acknowledgements Introduction Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. Eisenhower and the Qasim Regime, July 1958 January 1961 2. Kennedy and the Qasim Regime, January 1961 February 1963 3. Kennedy and the Ba'thist Regime, February November 1963 4. Johnson and the Arab Nationalists, November 1963 January 1969 5. Nixon and the Second Ba'thist Regime, January 1969 July 1972 6. Nixon and the Kurdish Operation, August 1972 October 1973 7. Kissinger and the Kurdish War, October 1973 March 1975   

“In this perceptive, well-informed, and meticulously researched book, Bryan R. Gibson offers the most detailed and comprehensive study to date of US-Iraqi relations from the late 1950s to the 1970s, especially as those relations bore on the status and fate of Iraqi Kurds. Gibson persuasively shows that the drive to contain the Soviet Union was the overriding factor in US policy toward Iraq and its Kurdish population. More provocatively, he challenges scholars who portray Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's treatment of the Kurds as a particularly shameful chapter in modern US diplomacy. Without denying the cynicism underlying Kissinger's Kurdish policy, Gibson argues that that policy featured greater thoughtfulness and restraint than previous accounts have acknowledged. No scholar of US-Iraqi relations should ignore this book.” (Salim Yaqub, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) “This book gives a fascinating insight into US foreign policy toward Iraq by looking at how various administrations dealt with Iraq's different regimes. By extensively researching American documents, Gibson clearly shows how the Cold War was the driving force behind US foreign policy for more than a quarter century. An important source for anyone interested in US-Iraqi relations during this critical period.” (Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University, USA; author of Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime)

"In this perceptive, well-informed, and meticulously researched book, Bryan R. Gibson offers the most detailed and comprehensive study to date of US-Iraqi relations from the late 1950s to the 1970s, especially as those relations bore on the status and fate of Iraqi Kurds. Gibson persuasively shows that the drive to contain the Soviet Union was the overriding factor in US policy toward Iraq and its Kurdish population. More provocatively, he challenges scholars who portray Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's treatment of the Kurds as a particularly shameful chapter in modern US diplomacy. Without denying the cynicism underlying Kissinger's Kurdish policy, Gibson argues that that policy featured greater thoughtfulness and restraint than previous accounts have acknowledged. No scholar of US-Iraqi relations should ignore this book." (Salim Yaqub, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "This book gives a fascinating insight into US foreign policy toward Iraq by looking at how various administrations dealt with Iraq's different regimes. By extensively researching American documents, Gibson clearly shows how the Cold War was the driving force behind US foreign policy for more than a quarter century. An important source for anyone interested in US-Iraqi relations during this critical period." (Joseph Sassoon, Georgetown University, USA; author of Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime)