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6 Battle for the Gulf, 1 of 6, A Summer Cloud
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 1 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 52 mins
At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambition...
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At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambitions. As an oil-rich country, Saddam tried to re-fill his coffers by selling oil at the highest possible price, but he blamed the Emir of...
At the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iraq was close to bankruptcy because of President Saddam Hussein’s military spending and his attempts to build nuclear weapons. The U.S. had sided with Saddam Hussein during Iraq’s eight-year war with Iran, but the American government was confident it could contain his ambitions. As an oil-rich country, Saddam tried to re-fill his coffers by selling oil at the highest possible price, but he blamed the Emir of Kuwait of flooding the market with cheap oil, lowering prices and hastening Iraq’s descent into economic crisis. The Iraqi foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, said Iraq started to realize that there was a conspiracy against them by Kuwait, organized and devised by the United States. Saddam issued the Emir of Kuwait with a stark warning – “each dollar less in the price of oil means to us one billion dollars in revenue for a year. If you do not mean to wage a war against Iraq, please stop it.” But the Emir refused and a month later, Saddam’s inner circle decided that unless Kuwait handed over $10 billion to Iraq immediately, they would invade. The way Iraq saw it, they had no choice but to act, either to be destroyed, to be suffocated and strangled inside its territory or attack the enemy on the outside. The Republican Guard was ordered to move south toward Iraq’s border with Kuwait. These were the Iraqi Army’s elite divisions, equipped with Soviet tanks. No other Middle Eastern country except Israel had forces to rival them. Soon 30,000 Iraqi troops had massed on the border between Iraq and Kuwait. With the crisis building, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak rushed to Baghdad, sent by Kuwait and the Arab world to arrange negotiations. Mubarak, one of America’s closest allies in the region, was determined to discover Saddam’s plans. It was an encounter that would have far-reaching consequences. The day after Mubarak’s visit, Saddam abruptly summoned the American ambassador, April Glaspie, to sound her out as to what the American position would be if the Iraqis moved against the Kuwaitis. And the response that he got was a very satisfactory one. But the Iraqi threat was still building on the Kuwaiti border. The original 30,000 troops grew to 70,000 then 100,000. Arab leaders continued to insist it was all a bluff. Then, on August 1st, the Iraqis walked out on talks when the Kuwaitis refused to meet their demands. Saddam issued his orders to invade.
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Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
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SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Nizar Hamdoun, 1944-2003, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, John Hubert Kelly, 1939-2011, Abdul Rahman Al-Awadi, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Ali al-Khalifa al-Athbi Al-Sabah, fl. 1989, Richard N. Haass, 1951-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Bob Dole, 1923-, April Glaspie, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Economic conditions, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Kuwaitis, Iraqis, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6, A Dark and Frightening Picture
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their sum...
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 2 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
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This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. By noon, Saddam Hussein controlled one fifth of the world’s oil. The biggest question for the US was whether Saddam wo...
This film begins on August 2nd, 1990 – the day Iraq invaded Kuwait. Republican Guard tanks sealed off the city while Iraqi special-forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. By noon, Saddam Hussein controlled one fifth of the world’s oil. The biggest question for the US was whether Saddam would stop at the borders of Kuwait or go into Saudi Arabia and move down to the oil fields? For Arab leaders, the biggest question was whether they could resolve the situation without involving outside forces. Satellite images showed two Iraqi divisions near the Saudi border. The US President, George Bush, dispatched his Defence Secretary Dick Cheney to Saudi Arabia. Cheney and his high-level delegation had to convince the Saudi rulers, who had never allowed U.S. troops on their soil, that they could soon become another Kuwait if they didn’t allow US forces to come to their aid. Cheney told King Fahd that he did not have the luxury of waiting until Saddam began an invasion of Saudi Arabia and then ask for US help, because then it would be too late. King Fahd agreed & soon more than 250,000 troops arrived in Saudi Arabia from the USA, Britain, France and Egypt – the beginnings of a coalition of 30 countries. Saddam Hussein had never expected to see forces from America, the great ally of Israel, operating from Arab soil. But the invasion had turned both western and Arab governments against Iraq. The US Secretary of State, James Baker and Bush had methodically built a broad international coalition to oppose Saddam. Ultimately, Bush would convince over 30 nations to contribute financial or military support to the effort.
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Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Jean-Pierre Chevenement, 1939-, Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 1921-2005, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Jaber Al-Khalid, fl. 1990, Talal Abu Rahmah, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Dick Cheney, 1941-, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Hosni Mubarak, 1928-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, François Mitterrand, 1916-1996, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Military occupation, Economic conditions, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Israelis, Arabs, Kuwaitis, Iraqis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 3 of 6, Wrong on All Points
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 3 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
Republican Guard tanks sealed off Kuwait city while Iraqi special forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. Saddam thought any reprisals would be limited and wo...
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 3 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
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Republican Guard tanks sealed off Kuwait city while Iraqi special forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. Saddam thought any reprisals would be limited and would tail off with time. In the words of President Hafez Assad of Syria at a conference of Arab leaders at the time, “Kuwait has been...
Republican Guard tanks sealed off Kuwait city while Iraqi special forces seized government buildings. The advancing Iraqis met little resistance. The Emir had stood down his army to avoid provoking Saddam. Many of his soldiers were taking their summer vacations. Saddam thought any reprisals would be limited and would tail off with time. In the words of President Hafez Assad of Syria at a conference of Arab leaders at the time, “Kuwait has been occupied by Iraqi forces, who has the military might to expel them? Let him come forward and take command. Do not even mention foreign forces. Please come forward and tell us now”. There was silence by all Arab leaders. Saddam thought that America’s defeat in Vietnam had badly damaged its willingness to use military power. He also assumed that King Fahd would never allow US troops into Saudi Arabia and that the Soviet Union would never allow the use of force against Iraq as it was geographically very close to Iraq. He also thought that Kuwaitis were not internationally well liked and nobody would come to their aid. He was wrong on all these points. For Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak it was shocking. He couldn’t believe that this could happen in the Arab world. He regarded Saddam Hussein as a friend and didn’t expect him to invade. For the Americans getting the Soviet Union on board was imperative. US Secretary of State, James Baker, said that with Soviet support the US was able to marshal the international coalition that they were able to build up. He said it gave a completely different dynamic to the whole effort. Now, instead of being an effort by the United States and the United Kingdom to eject Iraq from Kuwait, it was an effort by the entire international community.
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Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Mudar Badran, 1934-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 1921-2005, François Mitterrand, 1916-1996, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Hosni Mubarak, 1928-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Yasser Arafat, 1929-2004
Topic / Theme
Iraq (1970s - Present), Military campaigns, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Americans, Kuwaitis, Arabs, Iraqis, Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians, Palestinians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6, The 19th Province
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds....
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 4 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 51 mins
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The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s s...
The Cairo conference, the diplomatic offensive, the exodus of refugees from Kuwait, the military mobilization and the Allied decision to go on the offensive on November 8th, 1990. The occupation of Kuwait, the organisation of the resistance, the military build-up of 700,000 troops and the final diplomatic rounds. The Geneva conference. The air war, the retaliatory Scud missile attacks on Israel and the ground offensive to the moment of Iraq’s surrender.
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Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, No...
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Ebraheem M. H. Behbahani, fl. 1990, Abdullah Al-Khandari, fl. 1990, Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, 1926-, Salem Al-Dayed, fl. 1990, Mahmoud Al-Doussari, fl. 1990, Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, 1930-2008, Barbara Bodine, 1948-, Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah, fl. 1990, Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 1929-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Diplomatic missions, Air raids, Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, British, Americans, Iraqis, Kuwaitis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6, A Different Kind of War
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb h...
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in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 5 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
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The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower....
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad’s radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky. Allied missiles destroyed the main telephone tower. Another laser-guided bomb hit the headquarters controlling Baghdad’s air defences. Other pilots destroyed government ministries and a key communications tower. With Baghdad’s air defence headquarters destroyed and its radar system in chaos, hundreds of Iraq’s fighters couldn’t operate. Only a few struggled into the air. With hundreds of allied aircraft flying, AWACS planes packed with computer equipment helped control the battle. On the first night the coalition armada systematically attacked Iraq’s war machine. The factories that made chemical and biological weapons, the Scud missile plants – in all over 200 different targets were hit. It was a new benchmark in the history of warfare, the first time the world had seen precision bombing on a vast scale. And defying all expectations, only one allied pilot, an American, had been killed. With air superiority established over the Iraqis, the coalition air planners were now confident enough to launch conventional aircraft on massive daylight raids. When Saddam met with his ministers after the first night’s bombing, he had already ordered action he believed would shatter the coalition of Western and Arab countries attacking Iraq. Scud missile launchers hidden in the desert fired at Israel. The Scuds were fired indiscriminately at Israel’s largest city. Saddam calculated the Israelis would retaliate and join the conflict. The Arabs in the coalition would then refuse to fight alongside Israel. The coalition would collapse and so would the war. Soon more Scuds were on the way. Israel’s nuclear forces now went on full alert. Sixty Israeli jets took to the skies. Early warning radar appeared to show Iraqi bombers headed for Israel. In the Pentagon, the defence secretary picked up the hotline to Tel Aviv. Israeli retaliation seemed inevitable. The Israeli Army reported nerve gas in the debris of one of the missiles. Israelis prepared for the worst. Ultimately, none of the eight Scuds that landed proved to have chemical warheads. After some discussion, Baghdad had decided the Israelis might retaliate against a chemical attack with nuclear weapons. The man who would decide what happened next was Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. He and George Bush disliked each other and when Bush telephoned him, Shamir angrily told the president that if America couldn’t stop the Scuds, the Israeli Air Force would. The Israeli Defence Minister, Moshe Arens, told us that Bush said to Shamir, pleaded with Shamir, tried to cajole Shamir that Israel not take any military action, that this would be injurious to the allied cause, that in the final analysis, that this would also be injurious to Israel’s cause. Shamir told us what he said to Bush – “It’s very difficult, Mr. President. It’s very difficult. I don’t know what the day of tomorrow will bring, but at this moment, we will act accordingly, accordingly with your concepts.” On February 21st, forty-eight hours before the ground attack was due, Iraq’s foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, arrived in Moscow. Saddam’s admission that he was willing to withdraw from Kuwait had led to some frantic Soviet diplomacy to save their old ally from defeat. Aziz went straight to the Kremlin. The Soviet president was waiting. Aziz told Gorbachev Saddam wouldn’t accept the U.N. resolutions that called for Iraq to recognize Kuwait’s independence and pay it compensation. But, he said, Iraq would withdraw from Kuwait. Gorbachev thought this was good enough. He called the White House. The president summoned his key advisors to discuss the Soviet offer. If Iraq withdrew, it would mean no bloody ground war, but Saddam would walk away unpunished, his war machine undefeated. At dawn the president called Gorbachev to tell him the deal was unacceptable. Bush’s carefully crafted international coalition was fragmenting. The French president, Francois Mitterrand, called to demand more time for diplomacy. As hundreds of oil wells blazed across Kuwait, the president issued a final ultimatum. Saddam ignored the warning. To obey, he believed, would have humiliated him in the eyes of the Arab world. Within a month of the air war, the ground war by the Allies began to force Iraqi troops out of Kuwait. It was a very short and comprehensive victory.
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Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahm...
Tariq Aziz, 1936-2000, Anatoly S. Chernyaev, 1921-2017, James Taylor, fl. 1991, Khalid bin Sultan Al Saud, 0049-, Adi Al-Mutairi, fl. 1991, Martin Stanton, fl. 1990, Hadhim Ahmad al-Tai, 1942-, Moshe Arens, 1925-2019, Mudar Badran, 1934-, Charles A. Horner, 1936-, Neged Al-Bora'i, fl. 1991, Mustafa Hamarneh, 1953-, Mustafa Khalil, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Mahmoud Hadary, fl. 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-, Bernard Shaw, 1940-, Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006
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Iraq (1970s - Present), Escalation (Conflict), Military alliances, Air raids, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Russians, Arabs, Israelis, Iraqis, Americans, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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6 Battle for the Gulf, 6 of 6, Wounds in the Soul
in 6 Battle for the Gulf, 6 of 6 (London, England: SW Pictures, 2001), 50 mins
Surrender at Safwan: a secret deal? The rebellions by the Kurds in the north and Shia in the south; the imposition of sanctions on post-war Iraq. The effects of the war on Iraq, on Saudi Arabia and on Palestine.
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Surrender at Safwan: a secret deal? The rebellions by the Kurds in the north and Shia in the south; the imposition of sanctions on post-war Iraq. The effects of the war on Iraq, on Saudi Arabia and on Palestine.
Date Written / Recorded
2001
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
SW Pictures
Series
6 Battle for the Gulf
Speaker / Narrator
Andrew Solomon, 1963-
Person Discussed
Charles W. Freeman, 1943-, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 1919-0207, Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Rolf Ekeua, 1935-, Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Mahmoud Osman, fl. 1991, Hussein Ali Al-Shaalan, fl. 1991, Tawfiq Al-Yassari, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Victor Poussouvaluk, fl. 1991, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Edward Gnehm, 1...
Charles W. Freeman, 1943-, Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 1919-0207, Yitzhak Shamir, 1915-2012, Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-, Rolf Ekeua, 1935-, Abdul Razak al-Hashimi, 1934-, James Addison Baker, 1930-, Mahmoud Osman, fl. 1991, Hussein Ali Al-Shaalan, fl. 1991, Tawfiq Al-Yassari, fl. 1991, Dick Cheney, 1941-, Victor Poussouvaluk, fl. 1991, Brent Scowcroft, 1925-, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 1949-, Edward Gnehm, 1944-, Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah, 1944-2012, Najib Al-Salihi, fl. 1991, John J. Yeosock, 1937-1912, Richard N. Haass, 1951-, Khaled Al-Sultan, 1940-, Turgut Ozal, 1927-1993, George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018, Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Norman Schwarzkopf, 1934-
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Iraq (1970s - Present), International sanctions, Military occupation, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Turkish, Americans, Kurdish, Arabs, Iraqis, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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37 Days, Episode 1, One Month in Summer
directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016 and Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germa...
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directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016 and Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
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An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense a...
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense and gripping serial set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world’s first global war. This provocative factual drama unlocks the mystery of the war’s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War one did not happen by chance, and nor was it a foregone conclusion.
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World History
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Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures
Author / Creator
Justin Hardy, fl. 1988
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
37 Days
Person Discussed
Franz Ferdinand, 1863-1914
Topic / Theme
War, Assassinations, World War I, 1914-1918, Franz Ferdinand, Assassination, Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary, June 28, 1914, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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37 Days, Episode 2, One Week in July
directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Mark Hayhurst, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016 and Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germa...
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directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Mark Hayhurst, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016 and Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
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An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense a...
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense and gripping serial set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world’s first global war. This provocative factual drama unlocks the mystery of the war’s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War one did not happen by chance, and nor was it a foregone conclusion.
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World History
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Mark Hayhurst, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Hardy Pictures
Author / Creator
Justin Hardy, fl. 1988
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
37 Days
Topic / Theme
Assassinations, War, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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37 Days, Episode 3, One Long Weekend
directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998 and Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germa...
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directed by Justin Hardy, fl. 1988; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998 and Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures, in 37 Days, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 53 mins
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An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense a...
An all-star international cast, led by Star Wars’ Ian McDiarmid and Spooks’ Tim Piggott-Smith, head up this three-part political thriller, following the catastrophic chain of events which led from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914, to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4th August. From the multi-award winning Hardy Pictures and the creative team behind the 2011 drama Hitler on Trial, this tense and gripping serial set amongst the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world’s first global war. This provocative factual drama unlocks the mystery of the war’s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War one did not happen by chance, and nor was it a foregone conclusion.
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World History
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Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, Lucy Bassnett-McGuire, fl. 1998, Mark Hayhurst, Hardy Pictures
Author / Creator
Justin Hardy, fl. 1988
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
37 Days
Topic / Theme
War, Assassinations, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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60 Minutes, Back To My Lai
produced by Tom Anderson, fl. 2001-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Mike Wallace, 1918-2012, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1998), 13 mins
March 29, 1998 - Larry Colburn and Hugh Thompson, members of an Army helicopter crew, risked their lives in 1968 to save Vietnamese civilians from American GIs during the My Lai massacre. Now, Colburn and Thompson return to My Lai with Mike Wallace to meet the survivors.
Sample
produced by Tom Anderson, fl. 2001-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System; interview by Mike Wallace, 1918-2012, in 60 Minutes (New York, NY: Columbia Broadcasting System, 1998), 13 mins
Description
March 29, 1998 - Larry Colburn and Hugh Thompson, members of an Army helicopter crew, risked their lives in 1968 to save Vietnamese civilians from American GIs during the My Lai massacre. Now, Colburn and Thompson return to My Lai with Mike Wallace to meet the survivors.
Date Written / Recorded
1998-03-29
Field of Study
Media Studies
Content Type
News story
Contributor
Tom Anderson, fl. 2001-2015, Columbia Broadcasting System
Author / Creator
Mike Wallace, 1918-2012
Date Published / Released
1998-03-29
Publisher
Columbia Broadcasting System
Series
60 Minutes
Person Discussed
Lawrence Colburn, fl. 1968, Hugh Thompson, Jr., 1943-2006
Topic / Theme
Vietnamese people, War, Massacres, Survivors, Vietnam War, 1956-1975, My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, March 16-18, 1968, War and Violence, Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Vietnamese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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© 1998 CBS News
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