Truth and death in Iraq under sanctions

@article{Spagat2010TruthAD,
  title={Truth and death in Iraq under sanctions},
  author={Michael Spagat},
  journal={Significance},
  year={2010},
  volume={7}
}
  • M. Spagat
  • Published 1 September 2010
  • Political Science
  • Significance
Sanctions applied against Saddam Hussein's Iraq “caused 500 000 children to die”. The figure, and the causation, is quoted by politicians and pressure groups. Is it justified, or were the statistics manipulated by one of the nastiest regimes on earth? Michael Spagat looks at the evidence. 
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Michael Spagat gained his PhD at Harvard and is currently a Professor of Economics at Royal Holloway College
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