Permanent war economy : roots of the Persian Gulf War / Seymour Melman ; interviewed by Ralph Steiner. **The

Interview with Dr. Seymour Melman who explores the conomic and political origins of the 1992 Iraq War. He asserts that, with the Cold War ending, the United States began to discuss a paeace divedent which would disrupt the military industrial complex. With a war in the Middle East, he continues, the defense budget is secured.…