Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781683121213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
An Illustrated Ziyarah Guide to Iraq
Author: Iraq
Author: Geoff HannPublisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 1841624888
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Modern Iraq is under threat from every quarter. Politics play havoc with ordinary lives; sanctions cut deep. However, today's rare visitors are met with a broad hospitality that belies years of deprivation
Iraq Then and Now
Author: Karen DabrowskaPublisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841622439
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Unlike other publications since the downfall of Saddam's regime, Iraq: Then & Now traces the history of the country from ancient times until the present. Supplementary boxes, many written by Iraqis themselves, reflect on life today as compared with life in Saddam's Iraq and even earlier, describing their experiences, hopes, fears, ambitions and visions for the future.The book self-consciously avoids making any judgement on the political debate surrounding the 2003 war and subsequent occupation; instead it presents the varying views, and offers a rounded, balanced picture.Published to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the change, this guide to the country and its people, provides information on Iraq's culture and archaeology, the south, Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle. The northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan stands apart as a success story and the travel appendix provides essential information for the increasing numbers of visitors to this region.
A Short Guide to Iraq
Author: United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iraq
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Iraqi Phrasebook
Author: Yasin M. Al-KhalesiPublisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher Description
The Iraq War
Author: Thomas R. MockaitisPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Ideal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War. The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide gives readers the opportunity to investigate this costly and controversial conflict as professional researchers do—by looking closely at key samples of historical evidence. As readers will see, that evidence proves to be extraordinarily revealing about the drive to war, the course of the initial invasion, the counterinsurgency, the "surge," and the continuing difficulties in unifying and stabilizing the country. From relevant exchanges in the 2000 Bush/Gore debates to interviews with Saddam Hussein to the latest reorganization of the Coalition Provisional Authority, The Iraq War gives readers an insider's view of the conflict's key decisions and events. Each chapter brings together primary and secondary sources on an important phase of the war, with the author providing context, analysis, and insight from a historian's perspective. The book also provides a solid framework for working with the documentary record—a particularly difficult task in this case, as so many vital sources will remain classified and inaccessible for years to come.
Iraq
Author: Iraq. Muʼassasah al-ʻĀmmah lil-SiyāhạhPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Iraq
Author: Iraq
Author: Iraq. Maṣlaḥat al-Maṣāyif wa-al-SiyāḥabPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iraq
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
What We Owe Iraq
Author: Noah FeldmanPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400826225
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
What do we owe Iraq? America is up to its neck in nation building--but the public debate, focused on getting the troops home, devotes little attention to why we are building a new Iraqi nation, what success would look like, or what principles should guide us. What We Owe Iraq sets out to shift the terms of the debate, acknowledging that we are nation building to protect ourselves while demanding that we put the interests of the people being governed--whether in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, or elsewhere--ahead of our own when we exercise power over them. Noah Feldman argues that to prevent nation building from turning into a paternalistic, colonialist charade, we urgently need a new, humbler approach. Nation builders should focus on providing security, without arrogantly claiming any special expertise in how successful nation-states should be made. Drawing on his personal experiences in Iraq as a constitutional adviser, Feldman offers enduring insights into the power dynamics between the American occupiers and the Iraqis, and tackles issues such as Iraqi elections, the prospect of successful democratization, and the way home. Elections do not end the occupier's responsibility. Unless asked to leave, we must resist the temptation of a military pullout before a legitimately elected government can maintain order and govern effectively. But elections that create a legitimate democracy are also the only way a nation builder can put itself out of business and--eventually--send its troops home. Feldman's new afterword brings the Iraq story up-to-date since the book's original publication in 2004, and asks whether the United States has acted ethically in pushing the political process in Iraq while failing to control the security situation; it also revisits the question of when, and how, to withdraw.