Below is a highly selective bibliography of U.S. Government and United Nations publications about Iraq. These were selected because of their appropriateness for a display in a library. They are listed in order of year and classification number. A more extensive bibliography, with a focus on online resources can be found at the City College of New York's page Government Views of Iraq.

Iraq, a country study.

Author: American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies.
Publication Info.: Washington: Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army, 1979.
Notes: 320 pages: illustrations, maps
SuDoc Number: D 101.22:550-31/3

U.S. interests in, and policies toward, the Persian Gulf, 1980: hearings ... 96th Congress, 2nd session March 24, April 2, May 5, July 1, 28, and September 3, 1980.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1980.
Notes: 471 pages: illustrations
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/1:P 43/2/980

Analysis of six issues about nuclear capabilities of India, Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan.

Prepared for: Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.
Author: Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1982.
Notes: 74 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:N 88/17

Gulf security and the Iran-Iraq war

Author: National Defense University Press; [Philadelphia, Pa.?]: Middle East Research Institute
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O. 1985.
Notes: 193 pages: illustrations, maps
SuDoc Number: D 5.402:G 95

Overview of the situation in the Persian Gulf: hearings and markup ... 100th Congress, 1st session (markup of H.R. 2533, H. Con. Res. 135, H.J. Res 216, H. Con. Res. 137) May 19 and June 2, 9, 10, 11, and 23, 1987.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1987.
Notes: 334 pages: 1 map
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/1:P 43/8

War in the Persian Gulf: the U.S. takes sides: a staff report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1987.
Notes: 49 pages: illustrations, maps
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.prt.100-60

Iraqi power and U.S. security in the Middle East.

Author: Pelletiere, Stephen C.
Publication Info.: Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1990.
Notes: 95 pages: maps
SuDoc Number: D 101.2:Ir 1

Iraq, a country study; 4th ed.

Author: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
Publication Info.: Washington: The Division, 1990.
Notes: 302 pages: illustrations, maps
SuDoc Number: D 101.22:550-31/990

Energy policy implications (economic and budgetary) of the Middle East oil crisis: hearings ... 101st Congress, 2nd session October 24, 1990.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on Community Development and Natural Resources.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1990.
Notes: 177 pages: illustrations
SuDoc Number: Y 4.B 85/3:101-2-1

United States-Iraqi relations: hearing ...101st Congress, 2nd session April 26, 1990.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1990.
Notes: 64 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/1:Ir 1/9

The Blue helmets: a review of United Nations peace-keeping; 2nd ed.

Author: United Nations
Publication Info.: [New York, N.Y.]: United Nations, Dept. of Public Information, 1990.
Notes: 449 pages, 18 pages of plates: illustrations, maps
LC Number: JX1981.P7 B62 1990
UN Number: ST/DPI/1065

Security Council Resolution 678

Author: Security Council. United Nations.
UN Number: S/RES/678

The Iraqi Army: organization and tactics.

Author: Prepared by the S2, 177th Armored Brigade and the Operations Group of the National Training Center. Publication Info.: Fort Irwin, CA: National Training Center, 1991.
Notes: 182 pages: illustrations
SuDoc Number: D 101.6/5:Ir 1

Air Force: Picture Pride-- Power-- Peace

Title Series: The U.S. Air Force lithograph series; set no. 42.
Publication Info.: Washington, D.C.: U.S. Air Force, [1991?] .
Notes: 12 pictures: col.; 44 x 59 cm. "B-1B" -- "C-5B Galaxy" -- "C-9 Nightingale" -- "E-3 Sentry (AWACS)" -- "F-15E Strike Eagle" -- "F-16A Fighting Falcon" -- "F-16A Fighting Falcon (Montana ANG)" -- "F-117A" -- "HH-3E Jolly Green Giant" -- "T-38 Talon."
SuDoc Number: D 301.76: 42 (F 117A)

Crisis in the Persian Gulf: sanctions, diplomacy, and war: ...101st Congress, 2nd session: hearing held December 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, and 20, 1990. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
Notes: 920 pages: maps
SuDoc Number: Y 4.Ar 5/2 a:989-90/57

The Persian Gulf crisis: relevant documents, correspondence, reports

Author: Prepared by the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
Notes: 259 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/1:P 43/16

Civil war in Iraq: a staff report.

Author: Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
Notes: 28 pages: illustrations, map
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.prt.102-27

Aftermath of war: the Persian Gulf refugee crisis: a staff report, 102nd Congress, 1st session.

Prepared for: Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
Notes: 37 pages: maps
SuDoc Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.prt.102-31

Small business opportunities in the postwar reconstruction of Kuwait: hearing ... 102nd Congress, 1st session ... March 12, 1991.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1991.
Notes: 116 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.Sm 1/2:S.hrg.102-72

Cease-fire and establishment and mandate of UNSCOM.

Author: Security Council. United Nations.
UN Number: S/RES/687 (1991)

Desert Storm [picture]: victory through airpower.

Title Series: The U.S. Air Force lithograph series; set no. 43
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. Air Force: For sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [1992?]
Notes: 12 posters: color; 45 x 60 cm. "Global mobility -- Global range -- Aerial surveillance -- Flexibility -- Target accuracy -- Air supremacy -- Stealth -- Electronic warfare -- Firepower -- Coalition Forces -- Homecoming -- Global reach - global power."
SuDoc Number: D 301.76: 43 (Global reach - global power)

White House efforts to thwart congressional investigations of pre-war Iraq policy: the case of the Rostow Gang: hearing ...102nd Congress, 2nd session May 29, 1992.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1992.
Notes: 540 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.B 22/1:102-127

Saddam's documents: a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.

Author: Galbraith, Peter (Peter W.).
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1992.
Notes: 10 pages: illustrations, map
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.PRT.102-111

U.S. policy toward Iraq 3 years after the Gulf War: hearing ... 103rd Congress, 2nd session February 23, 1994.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O.,1994.
Notes: 61 pages: illustrations
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/1:IR 1/15

Iraq: can Saddam be overthrown? : hearing ... 105th Congress, 2nd session, March 2, 1998.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O.,1998.
Notes: 43 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.105-444

A 6-month periodic report on the national emergency with respect to Iraq ... that was declared in Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).

Author: United States. President (1993-2001: Clinton)
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1999.
Notes: 8 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 1.1/7:106-115

Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs: communication from the President of the United States transmitting a report ....

Author: United States. President (1993-2001: Clinton)
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1999.
Notes: 17 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 1.1/7:106-134

Saddam's Iraq: sanctions and U.S. policy: hearing ... 106th Congress, 2nd session March 22, 2000.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2000.
Notes: 74 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.106-735

The liberation of Iraq: a progress report: hearing ... 106th Congress, 2nd session June 28, 2000.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2001.
Notes: 19 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 4.F 76/2:S.HRG.106-824

Authorization for use of military force against Iraq resolution of 2002: report together with dissenting views (to accompany H.J. Res. 114) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office).

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations.
Publication Info.: Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2002.
Notes: 47 pages
SuDoc Number: Y 1.1/8:107-721

Security Council Resolution 1441

Author: Security Council. United Nations.
UN Number: S/RES/1441(2002)