The policy of containment -- How the sanctions worked -- The influence of the United States -- The problem of holds -- The magnitude of the catastrophe -- Tensions at the United Nations -- The role of the Iraqi government -- Congress and the sanctions -- The oil for food scandal -- Inside the...

We live in a world increasingly shaped by the forces of globalization or interdependence as all the world's countries and individuals, in varying degrees and ways, are drawn into an ever more complex economic, political, technological, ethical, communications, transportation, and cultural web....