Crisis In The Gulf : Public Forums At U.c. Berkeley

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Crisis In The Gulf : Public Forums At U.c. Berkeley
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SZ0585b
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Crisis In The Gulf : Public Forums At U.c. Berkeley / produced by Robbie Osman. Highlights from three forums about the crisis in the Middle East following Iraq's invastion of Kuwait, and the U.S. military response of "Operation Desert Shield." CONTENT: pt.1. Daniel Ellsberg, former Defense and State Department official, discusses press coverage of the crisis, the likelihood of war, and misinformed strategic thinking which has shaped administration policy -- pt.2. Soheir Morsy, a Visiting Associate Professor of Development and Middle Eastern Studies, talks on the international and regional considerations affecting all the crisis participants -- pt.3. Gus Newport, former Berkeley mayor, discusses U.S. public and Congressional reaction to this administration's foreign policy initiatives. RECORDED: U.C. Berkeley, Sept.-Oct. 1990.

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