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was very skeptical about the Soviet Union's role and its political weight in the world. Doc-
uments testify that seen from Baghdad the U.S.S.R. looked like a country which lost many
of its former worldwide positions while its conduct on the world scene was determined
by the domestic squabbles around Gorbachev between the pro-American lobby led by
Shevardnadze and pro-Iraqi lobby of the has-beens in the Communist Party who had never
loved America much anyway.
One can agree with Woods that his book will not only fill in some of the lacunas in the
history of the Gulf War and its analysis but will also supply the American political estab-
lishment with a chance to assess their actions through the eyes of Saddam and his advisors.
This book might prove useful for the Russian researchers of the Middle East and the mil-
itary operations of the United States.