| Contents |
Culture and history of Iraq: ancient Mesopotamia to the British mandate -- From the British mandate to the 1958 revolution -- The Iraq revolution, post-monarchy political conflict and the establishment of the Baathist Regime -- Saddam Hussein, the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War -- The invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Persian Gulf War -- The Iraq War: causes, invasion, and post-invasion policies -- Iraq in the context of previous US interventions and the Vietnam War -- Post-invasion Iraq: occupation and reaction; Government and economy; Insurgency -- Counterinsurgency and U.S.corporate presence -- Impacts of the Iraq War. |
| Contents |
Culture and history of Iraq : ancient Mesopotamia to the British mandate -- From the British mandate to the 1958 revolution -- The Iraq revolution and the establishment of the Baathist regime -- Saddam Hussein, the Iranian revolution, and the Iran-Iraq War -- The invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Persian Gulf War -- The Iraq War : causes, invasion, and postinvasion policies -- Iraq in the context of previous US interventions and the Vietnam War -- Postinvasion Iraq : occupation and insurgency -- Counterinsurgency and US corporate presence -- Impacts of the Iraq War. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009010797 |
| ISBN | 9780813343914 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813343917 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
