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• President Saddam Hussein's Speech on National Day, 1981 (Baghdad: Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Publishing, 1981), by Saddam Hussein, trans. by Naji Hadithi (multiple formats at archive.org)

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• An Introduction to the Past and Present of the Kingdom of Iraq (Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1946), by A Committee of Officials
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Statement of H.E. Mr. Saddam Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the Iraq-Iranian Conflict, Before the Third Summit Meeting of the Islamic Conference, 19-22 Rabi'i-al Awal, 1401, 25-28 January, 1981, Saudi Arabia, by Saddam Hussein (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Israeli Aggression Against the Peaceful Nuclear Installations in Iraq: Statement Made by Dr. Sa'adoun Hammadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Before the Security Council, 12 June 1981 (Baghdad: Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981), by Sa'dun Hammadi (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Lessons Learned: The Iran-Iraq War (Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1991), by Stephen C. Pellitiere and Douglas V. Johnson
  • PDF at dtic.mil
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• An Open Letter From President Saddam Hussein to the Rulers of Iran, August 2, 1986 (Baghdad: Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Publishing, 1987), by Saddam Hussein (multiple formats at archive.org)
• President Saddam Hussein Addresses Moslem Ulema (Baghdad: Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Publishing, 1983), by Saddam Hussein (multiple formats at archive.org)
• President Saddam Hussein's Speech on National Day, 1981 (Baghdad: Dar al-Ma'mun for Translation and Publishing, 1981), by Saddam Hussein, trans. by Naji Hadithi (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Iraqi-Iranian Dispute: Facts v. Allegations (New York: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq, 1980), by Iraq Wizarat al-Kharijiyah (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Statement of H.E. Mr. Saddam Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the Iraq-Iranian Conflict, Before the Third Summit Meeting of the Islamic Conference, 19-22 Rabi'i-al Awal, 1401, 25-28 January, 1981, Saudi Arabia, by Saddam Hussein (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Role of Airpower in the Iran-Iraq War (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1988), by Ronald E. Bergquist (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Chemical Weapons Use in Kurdistan, Iraq's Final Offensive: A Staff Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate (Washington: GPO, 1988), by Peter Galbraith and Chris Van Hollen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Investigation Report: Formal Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Downing of Iran Air Flight 655 on 3 July 1988 (redacted declassified release; Washington: US Dept. of Defense, originally prepared 1988), by William M. Fogarty (PDF at dod.mil)

• The Gulf Crisis: Nations of the World Take a Stand: U.N. Resolutions, Chronology (1990), ed. by United States Information Agency (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interagency Fratricide: Policy Failures in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2004), by Vicki J. Rast (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• The United States Navy in "Desert Shield", "Desert Storm" (1991), by United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The United States Navy in "Desert Shield", "Desert Storm" (1991), by United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gulf War Debriefing Book (prepublication version), by Andrew Leyden (HTML with commentary at leyden.com)

• The Israeli Aggression Against the Peaceful Nuclear Installations in Iraq: Statement Made by Dr. Sa'adoun Hammadi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Before the Security Council, 12 June 1981 (Baghdad: Republic of Iraq, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1981), by Sa'dun Hammadi (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Gulf War: Overreaction and Excessiveness (Dalton, GA: Amazone Press, c2001), by Ḥasan ʻAlī Najjār (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
• Gulf War Debriefing Book (prepublication version), by Andrew Leyden (HTML with commentary at leyden.com)
• Oil Monarchies: Domestic and Security Challenges in the Arab Gulf, by F. Gregory Gause (HTML at Mcgill)

• Heart of the Storm: The Genesis of the Air Campaign Against Iraq (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1995), by Richard T. Reynolds
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Thunder and Lightning: Desert Storm and the Airpower Debates (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1995), by Edward C. Mann (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Needless Deaths in the Gulf War: Civilian Casualties During the Air Campaign and Violations of the Laws of War (1991), by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)

• Intelligence Update: Chemical Warfare Agent Issues During the Persian Gulf War (2002), by Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force and United States Central Intelligence Agency (PDF at hsdl.org)
• Adequacy of the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program: Nerve Agents, by Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War, by Charles Sheehan-Miles (PDF and audio with commentary at sheehanmiles.com)

• The Department of Veterans Affairs Persian Gulf Veterans' Health Registry (1993), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• The Department of Defense Kuwait Oil Health Fire Risk Assessment (The "Persian Gulf Veterans' Registry") (1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• The United States Navy in "Desert Shield", "Desert Storm" (1991), by United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Persian Gulf TV War, by Douglas Kellner (HTML at UCLA)

• Iraq: An Introduction to the Country and People (ca.2003), by Marine Corps Institute (U.S.) (PDF at dtic.mil)

• The Insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920 (Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1922), by Aylmer Haldane (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The 1958 Iraqi Revolution and the Iraqi Republic (1958), by Arab States Delegations (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Women in the Ancient Near East (Boston and Berlin: De Gruyter, c2016), by Marten Stol, trans. by Helen Richardson and M. E. J. Richardson
  • PDF with commentary at oapen.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Selected publications (2000-2007), by United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (PDF files at Wayback Machine)

• Allied Participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 2011), by Stephen A. Carney (PDF at US Army CMH)
• The Iraq Study Group Report (2006), by Iraq Study Group, contrib. by James Addison Baker and Lee Hamilton (PDF at fdlp.gov)
• Damaged Spring: Pink Noire (2003), by Johanna Drucker (page images with commentary at artistsbooksonline.org)
• Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy (2007), by Steven Metz (PDF with commentary at armywarcollege.edu)
• Deployed: How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009), by Michael C. Musheno and Susan M. Ross (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War (2005), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary Democratic Staff (HTML and PDF files at house.gov)
• Canada and the New American Empire: War and Anti-War (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2004), ed. by George Melnyk (PDF files at University of Calgary)
• Caught in the Crossfire: The Iraq War and the Media, a Diary of Claims and Counterclaims (c2003), by Anthony Löwstedt (PDF with commentary at IPI)
• Lessons Encountered: Learning From the Long War (Washington: National Defense University Press, 2015), ed. by Richard D. Hooker and Joseph J. Collins (multiple formats at NDU Press)
• Compendium of Iraq's Proscribed Weapons Programmes in the Chemical, Biological and Missile Areas (2007), by United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (PDF files at Wayback Machine)

• Journal of a Residence at Bagdad, During the Years 1830 and 1831 (London: J. Nisbet, 1832), by Anthony Norris Groves, ed. by A. J. Scott (page images at HathiTrust)

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