Research Catalog

Title

The Iraq War : origins and consequences / James DeFronzo.

Author

DeFronzo, James.

Publication

Bolder, CO : Westview Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

xi, 323 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

This volume explores the key historical, political, and social underpinnings of the United States' war in Iraq that began in 2003. The author explains the interrelated sociological and political forces that led to war, accounting for important aspects of the occupation, the development of the resistance, and the conflict's influence on other nations. Beyond a systematic study of the invasion, occupation, and the future of the U.S.-Iraq relationship, this work also covers the early history of Iraq, the British mandate, the antimonarchy revolution, and the influence of the Saddam Hussein regime and its wars -- the Iran/Iraq War, the invasion of Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf War.

Subjects

• History
• Iraq > Foreign relations > United States
• United States > Foreign relations > Iraq
• Iraq > History > 20th century
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Influence
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Causes

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.
• 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.

ISBN

• 9780813343914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0813343917 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009010797

OCLC

• 225874894
• SCSB-12025129

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library