Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.6
Points
2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
11784
Points per Word
0.00017
Series
Days That Shook the World
Description
This book examines the events of August 2, 1990, when Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq, ordered an attack on neighboring Kuwait sparking the Gulf War, and discusses the reasons for Hussein's actions, and the response of the world community.