After twenty-five years of thinly veiled hostility, U.S. relations with post-monarchial Iraq have warmed dramatically. Simultaneously, Iraq''s sovereignty has become the keystone of Gulf stability, due to Iraq''s military and economic resilience and to the rise of Khomeini''s Iran and the waning of Saudi influence. In this book, five leading analysts

After twenty-five years of thinly veiled hostility, U.S. relations with post-monarchial Iraq have warmed dramatically. Simultaneously, Iraq''s sovereignty has become the keystone of Gulf stability, due to Iraq''s military and economic resilience and to the rise of Khomeini''s Iran and the waning of Saudi influence. In this book, five leading analysts