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Iraq War: The Essential Reference Guide

Editat de Brian L. Steed
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2024
This invaluable resource offers a comprehensive overview of the Iraq War, with more than 100 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes and more than a dozen key primary source documents.This book provides everything the reader needs to know about the Iraq War, from the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq, through the U.S. troop surge in 2007, to the rise of the Islamic State. It offers insight into the war through the events, organizations, and people who have had a major impact on the conflict. It also explains the inadvertent consequences of the conflict including worsening regional sectarian divisions, the Arab Spring, the increase in Iranian influence in the Middle East, and the expansion of international terrorism.The book begins with a sweeping overview of the Iraq War that provides context for each of the reference entries that follow. The introductory material also includes detailed essays on the causes and consequences of the war. The bulk of the book consists of more than 120 reference entries on such topics as Saddam Hussein, the battles of Fallujah, and private military contractors such as Blackwater and Halliburton. In addition, the book includes more than a dozen curated and contextualized primary source documents along with a comprehensive chronology and extensive bibliography.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9798765120286
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 27 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Explains how a series of flawed military and political decisions created a dysfunctional government in Baghdad

Notă biografică

Brian L. Steed is an assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served three times in Iraq.

Cuprins

List of Entries,List of Primary Documents,Overview of the Iraq War (2003-2011),Causes of the Iraq War,Consequences of the Iraq War,A-Z Entries,Primary Source Documents,Chronology of the Iraq War,Recommended Bibliography,List of Contributors,Index,About the Editor,

Recenzii

Anyone with an interest in military history, operations, the Iraq War, or modern warfare will find this title a valuable resource.
This excellent single-volume reference on the conflict is recommended for school, public, and undergraduate libraries.