Download or read book Channels of Power written by Alexander Thompson and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thompson surveys U.S. policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath.