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050 00 $aDS79.76$b.C675 2008
082 00 $a956.7044/3$222
100 1 $aCordesman, Anthony H.
245 10 $aIraq's insurgency and the road to civil conflict /$cAnthony H. Cordesman ; with assistance from Emma R. Davies.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bPraeger Security International,$c2008.
300 $a2 v. (xxix, 841 p.) :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [753]-841).
505 2 $aSaddam Hussein's "powder keg" -- The history of Iraqi Shi'ite tensions with the Hussein regime and the Sunnis -- The Iran-Iraq War -- The Gulf War and its immediate aftermath -- 1991 to the U.S.-led invasion -- America's strategic mistakes in going to war -- Sunni Islamist extremists and neo-Salafi versus "nationalist" insurgents -- Shi'ite militias -- Kurdish parties and the Kurdish militias -- The role of Iraqi political developments in creating the insurgency -- The role of de-Ba'thification and dissolution of the Iraqi Army -- The emergence of Sunni insurgents -- Foreign volunteers and the role of Syria -- The evolution of criminal gangs and militias -- Early Iraqi public opinion -- Early insurgent strategy, and tactics -- Early patterns of attack -- US and coalition strategy after the end of major combat operations -- Initial US efforts to train Iraqi forces -- Initial US aid efforts -- The November 15 agreement and the decision to end the CPA -- Nation building, insurgency, and civil conflict.
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-
650 0 $aInsurgency$zIraq.
650 0 $aCivil war$zIraq.
700 1 $aDavies, Emma R.
710 2 $aCenter for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)