Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-231) and index.

Introduction: The New World Order, Sanctions, and the "Pariah States" -- The Case of Libya -- Libya's Challenge to the Western Powers, 1969-1992 -- Unilateral U.S. Sanctions Against Libya -- Lockerbie and the Imposition of UN Sanctions -- The Libyan Response to Sanctions, April 1992-July 1998 -- The British-U.S. Initiative of July 1998 -- Toward the Libyan Handover of the Accused, August 1998-April 1999 -- The Economic Impact of Sanctions -- The Social Impact of Sanctions -- The Political Impact of Sanctions -- The Case of Iraq -- UN Resolutions on Iraq, 1990-1991: The Basis for International Action -- The Security Council, Iraq, and Sanctions, 1991-1995 -- Easing Sanctions: Oil for Food Resolutions, 1995-1999 -- Oil Sales, Revenues, and Expenditures, 1996-2000 -- Humanitarian Goods and Economic Infrastructure: Central and Southern Iraq -- Humanitarian Goods and Economic Infrastructure: Northern Iraq -- Disarmament and Security -- Economy and Society -- The Domestic Political Dimension -- The Case of Sudan -- The Grounds for Sanctions -- The Imposition of Sanctions -- The Effect of Sanctions -- A Final Assessment.