The Gulf war : what is the way out / Milton Viorst.

Milton Viorst, a correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, provides an historical perspective of the Persian Gulf region. He details United States objectives, Israeli objectives, the Iran-Iraq war, and the Iran-Contra affair. He also provides an alternative portrait of Saddam Hussein, and contrasts George Bush’s intransigence to John F. Kennedy’s flexibility during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He concludes by suggesting the role of diplomacy in the Middle East, both today and tomorrow.|THE GULF WAR : WHAT IS THE WAY OUT / Milton Viorst| recorded by Sarah Jacobus. – Milton Viorst, a correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, provides an historical perspective of the Gulf. He details United States objectives, Israeli objectives, the Iran-Iraq war, and the Iran-Contra affair. He also provides an alternative portrait of Saddam Hussein, and contrasts Bush’s intransigence to John F. Kennedy’s flexibility during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He concludes by suggesting the role of diplomacy in the Middle East, both today and tomorrow. Needs and introduction. BROADCAST: KPFK, 14 Feb. 1991.