bout de papier, Volume 9, Issue No. 1, 1992
The First Gulf War and its Aftermath
This is the final article of a four-part series following the author’s experiences during the first Gulf War in Kuwait (1990-1991).
When Diplomacy Fails
This account of Canada’s contribution to the 1990-1991 Gulf War is the third in a series of articles marking the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait. During an I month campaign more than 4,500 Canadian Armed Forces personnel were deployed to…
Four Months as Saddam’s ‘Guest’ in Baghdad
Three weeks after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, the Canadian Embassy was forced to downsize. Despite Iraq’s threat to round up all foreign embassy staff that did not leave the country by August 24th, five colleagues remained inside the…
The 1990 Iraqi Invasion and Annexation of Kuwait
Perhaps now that 25 years have passed, it is time to think again about Kuwait and give shape to events that took place in the summer of 1990 when Iraq invaded and annexed the oil-rich city-state which sits at the head of…
Iraq and Honeymoons
The outbreak of the Gulf War suddenly provoked this attack of nostalgia, and more. The current Iraq war did it again. In both cases, the result was the same — “Iraq and Honeymoons”. Honeymoons were (are?) an oval-shaped, chocolate-covered treat every Montreal…
The Gulf Within: Canadian Arabs, Racism and the Gulf War // Saddam’s War: The Origins of the Kuwait Conflict and the International Response
Reviewed by Michael Shenstone
The Washington Mood
The following article was adapted from informal remarks made by Derek Burney, Ambassador to the USA, on May 14 in Ottawa to the PAFSO Professional Committee. These written remarks were provided Neil Reeder, Executive Assistant to the Ambassador. Editor
Canada and the New World Order / Le Canada et le nouvel ordre mondial
In the past year we have been exposed to a barrage of references to a “new world order”, and the PAFSO Professional Committee was quick off the mark to help members to define what this is all about, and what it means…
Media Diplomacy or Pin-striped Television —
A debate is raging furiously between a number of diplomatic historians and TV critics. Has the Gulf crisis changed the nature of diplomacy through the use of television?
