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The Battle for Iraq: BBC News Correspondents on the War against Saddam Sara Beck, Malcolm Downing, editors ISBN-10: 0801879361 (cloth) Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 G
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The International Law of Occupation Eyal Benvenisti ISBN-10: 0691121303 (paper) Princeton University Press, 2004 S
Things Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover from an Iraqi Civil War Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack  ISBN-13: 9780815713791 (paper) Brookings Institution Press, 2007 G
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Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur, editors ISBN-10: 928081107X (paper) United Nations University Press, 2005 G
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A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq Thomas Cushman, editor  ISBN-10: 0520245555 (paper) University of California Press, 2005 G
Beyond Preemption: Force and Legitimacy in a Changing World Ivo H. Daalder, editor ISBN-13: 9780815716853 (paper) Brookings Institution Press, 2007 G
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America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq James Dobbins, ohn G. McGinn, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Rollie Lal, Andrew Rathmell, Rachel M. Swanger, Anga Timilsina, , ISBN-10: 083303460X (paper) RAND, 2003 G
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The Gulf War and the New World Order: International Relations of the Middle East Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael ISBN-10: 0813012643 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0813012651 (paper) University Press of Florida, 1994 G
War in the Gulf, 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and its Implications Majid Khadduri, Edmund Ghareeb ISBN-10: 0195149793 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780195149791 (paper) Oxford University Press, 2001 G
America's Battalion: Marines in the First Gulf War Otto J. Lehrack ISBN-10: 0817314520 (cloth) University of Alabama Press, 2005 G
Saddam's War of Words: Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait Jerry Mark Long ISBN-10: 0292702647 (paper) University of Texas Press, 2004 S
Shield and Sword: The United States Navy in the Persian Gulf War Edward J. Marolda  ISBN-10: 1557504857 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2001 G
Tip of the Spear: U.S. Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War G. J. Michaels ISBN-10: 1557505993 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 1998 S
Uncritical Theory: Postmodernism, Intellectuals, and the Gulf War Christopher Norris ISBN-10: 0870238175 (cloth) University of Massachusetts Press, 1992 S
America Recommitted: A Superpower Assesses Its Role in a Turbulent World (2nd edition) Donald E. Nuechterlein ISBN-10: 0813190053 (paper) University Press of Kentucky, 2000
Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War Robert A. Page ISBN-10: 0801483115 (paper) Cornell University Press, 1996
Dark Victory: America’s Second War Against Iraq Jeffrey Record ISBN-10: 1591147115 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2004
Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War William Rosenau ISBN-10: 083303071X (paper) RAND, 2001
Friendly Fire: The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq Scott A. Snook ISBN-10: 0691095183 (paper) Princeton University Press, 2002
Hornets over Kuwait Jay A. Stout  ISBN-10: 1557508356 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 1997 G
Baghdad Express: A Gulf War Memoir Joel Turnipseed  ISBN-10: 0873514505 (cloth) Minnesota Historical Society Press/Borealis Books, 2003 G
The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War Alex Vernon, with Neal Creighton, Jr., Greg Downey, Rob Holmes, and Dave Trybula ISBN-10: 0873386337 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0873387155 (paper) Kent State University Press, 1999 G
Iraq’s International Relations: The Iran/Iraq WarA Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja Joost R. Hiltermann ISBN-13: 9780521876865 (cloth) Cambridge University Press, 2007 G
The United Nations, Iran, and Iraq: How Peacemaking Changed Cameron R. Hume ISBN-10: 0253328748 (cloth) Indiana University Press, 1994
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Updated Edition Nikki R. Keddie, with a section by Yann Richard  ISBN-10: 0300121059 (paper) Yale University Press, 2006 G
Iranian Perspectives on the Iran-Iraq War Farhang Rajaee ISBN-10: 081301476X (cloth) University Press of Florida, 1993 S
The Iran-Iraq War: The Politics of Aggression Farhang Rajaee ISBN-10: 0813011760 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0813011779 (paper) University Press of Florida, 1997 G
My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing Christoph Reuter ISBN-10: 0691117594 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0691126151 (paper) Princeton University Press, 2006 G
Return to Top Iraq’s Culture and Society The People of Iraq Religion Art, Literature, and Language Iraq’s Culture and Society: The People of IraqWomen and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate Leila Ahmed ISBN-10: 0300055838 (paper) Yale University Press, 1993
Swimming Up the Tigris: Real Life Encounters with Iraq Barbara Nimri Aziz ISBN-13: 9780813031446 (cloth) University Press of Florida, 2007 G
Shi’ism and Social Protest Juan R. I. Cole, Nikki R. Keddie ISBN-10: 0300035535 (paper) Yale University Press, 1986 S
Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender Nikki R. Keddie, Beth Baron, editors  ISBN-10: 0300056974 (paper) Yale University Press, 1993
The Shi’is of Iraq Yitzhak Nakash  ISBN-10: 0691115753 (paper) Princeton University Press, 2003 S
The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan Anne Nivat ISBN-10: 0807002402 (cloth) Beacon Press, 2005 G
The Last Jews in Baghdad: Remembering a Lost Homeland Nissim Rejwan ISBN-10: 0292702930 (cloth) University of Texas Press, 2004 G
The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity David Romano ISBN-13: 9780521850414 (cloth) ISBN-13: 9780521684262 (paper) Cambridge University Press, 2006 S
Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies Maya Shatzmiller ISBN-10: 0773528474 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0773528482 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780773528475 (cloth) ISBN-13: 9780773528482 (paper) McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005
Iraq’s Culture and Society: ReligionRoman Catholics and Shi‘i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics James A. Bill, John Alden Williams ISBN-10: 0807826898 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0807854999 (paper) University of North Carolina Press, 2003 S
Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power Jonathan Bloom, Sheila Blair ISBN-10: 0300094221 (paper) Yale University Press, 2001
Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop Miriam Cooke, Bruce B. Lawrence, editors ISBN-10: 0807829234 (cloth) ISBN-10: 080785588X (paper) University of North Carolina Press, 2005 G
Following Muhammad Carl W. Ernst ISBN-10: 0807828378 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0807855774 (paper) University of North Carolina Press, 2004 S
Islam and Social Policy Stephen P. Heyneman, Editor ISBN-10: 0826514464 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0826514472 (paper) Vanderbilt University Press, 2004 S
Shi‘i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The ‘Ulama’ of Najaf and Karbala’ Meir Litvak ISBN-10: 0521892961 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780521892964 (paper) Cambridge University Press, 2002 S
The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International Chibli Mallat ISBN-10: 0521531225 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780521531221 (paper) Cambridge University Press, 2004
An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism Moojan Momen ISBN-10: 0300035314 (paper) Yale University Press, 1987 S
Islam and Revolution in the Middle East Harry Munson, Jr. ISBN-10: 0300046049 (paper) Yale University Press, 1989
The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam: Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry Omid Safi ISBN-10: 0807829935 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0807856576 (paper) University of North Carolina Press, 2006 S
Radical Islam: Medieval Theology and Modern Politics, Enlarged Edition Emmanuel Sivan ISBN-10: 0300049153 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780300049152 (paper) Yale University Press, 1990
Iraq’s Culture and Society: Art, Literature, and LanguageThe Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation Daisy Al-Amir ISBN-10: 0292790678 (paper) University of Texas Press, 1994 G
Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic, Bilingual Edition Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati, translated by Bassam K. Frangieh ISBN-10: 1589010043 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2004 G
Scattered Crumbs: A Novel Muhsin Al-Ramli ISBN-10: 1557287503 (paper) University of Arkansas Press, 2003 G
Modern Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Files: A Textbook, Second Edition Yasin M. Alkalesi ISBN-10: 1589011309 (paper) ISBN-13: 9781589011304 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2006 G
Ahlan wa Sahlan: Intermediate Arabic (Student Text) Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners Mahdi Alosh ISBN-10: 0300103786 (cloth) Yale University Press, 2005
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus Joan Aruz, Ronald Wallenfel, editors ISBN-10: 0300098839 (cloth) Yale University Press, 2003
Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq Nancy E. Berg ISBN-10: 0791429806 (paper) State University of New York Press, 1996 G
Reading Sumerian Poetry Jeremy Black ISBN-10: 0801435986 (cloth) Cornell University Press, 1998 S
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary Jeremy A. Black, Anthony Green ISBN-13: 9780292707948 (paper) University of Texas Press, 1992 G
The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250–1800 Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom ISBN-10: 0300064659 (paper) Yale University Press, 1996
Folktales from Iraq Charles G. Campbell, editor and translator ISBN-10: 0812219139 (paper) University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005 G
Kurdish-English Dictionary Michael L. Chyet, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz ISBN-10: 0300091524 (cloth) Yale University Press, 2003
A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English-Arabic, Arabic-English B.E. Clarity, Karl Stowasser, Ronald G. Wolfe, D.R. Woodhead, Wayne Beene, editors ISBN-10: 0878401369 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2004 G
Assyrian Palace Sculptures Paul Collins ISBN-13: 9780292721692 (cloth) University of Texas Press, October 2009 G
Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Postcolonial Iraq Terri DeYoung ISBN-10: 0791437329 (paper) State University of New York Press, 1998 G
A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files Wallace Erwin ISBN-10: 1589010116 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2004 G
A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic Wallace Erwin ISBN-10: 1589010108 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2004 G
Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250 Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina ISBN-10: 0300088698 (paper) Yale University Press, 2003
A Grammar of Classical Arabic, Third Revised Edition Wolfdietrich Fischer, Translated from the German by Jonathan Rodgers ISBN-10: 0300084374 (cloth) Yale University Press, 2001
Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present Bassam K. Frangieh ISBN-10: 0300104936 (cloth) Yale University Press, 2004
The Formation of Islamic Art, Revised and Enlarged Oleg Grabar ISBN-10: 0300040466 (paper) Yale University Press, 1987
Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart: Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna Betty De Shong Meador ISBN-13: 9780292752429 (paper) University of Texas Press, 2001 G
Princess, Priestess, Poet: The Sumerian Temple Hymns of Enheduanna Betty De Shong Meador ISBN-13: 9780292719323 (cloth) University of Texas Press, August 2009 G
Contemporary Iraqi Fiction: An Anthology Shakir Mustafa, editor and translator ISBN-13: 9780815609025 (cloth) Syracuse University Press, 2008 G
Nine Parts of Desire: A Play Heather Raffo ISBN-10: 0810123452 (paper) Northwestern University Press, 2006 G
The Arabic Language and National Identity Yasir Suleiman ISBN-10: 0878403957 (paper) Georgetown University Press, 2003 G
The Transformation of Islamic Art during the Sunni Revival Yasser Tabbaa ISBN-10: 0295981253 (cloth) ISBN-10: 0295981334 (paper) ISBN-13: 9780295981338 (paper) University of Washington Press, 2001 S
Elementary Arabic : An Integrated Approach: Student Workbook Munther A. Younes, Illustrated by Micah Garen ISBN-10: 0300060858 (cloth) Yale University Press, 1995
Intermediate Arabic : An Integrated Approach Munther A. Younes, Illustrated by Micah Garen ISBN-10: 0300072406 (cloth) Yale University Press, 1998
Women on a Journey: Between Baghdad and London Haifa Zangana ISBN-13: 9780292714847 (paper) University of Texas Press, 2006 G
Return to Top Pre-Invasion Issues Preventive Diplomacy Military Strategy Pre-Invasion Issues: Preventive DiplomacyConflict Prevention: Path to Peace or Grand Illusion? David Carment, Albrecht Schnabel, editors ISBN-10: 9280810812 (paper) United Nations University Press, 2003 S
Building Sustainable Peace W. Andy Knight, Tom Keating, editors ISBN-10: 0888644140 (cloth) University of Alberta Press and United Nations University Press, 2004 G
War and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution William J. Long, Peter Brecke ISBN-10: 0262122545 (cloth) MIT Press, 2003 S
Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy Michael Lund ISBN-10: 1878379526 (paper) United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996 S
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Relevance of Realism Robert J. Myers  ISBN-10: 0807123455 (cloth) Louisiana State University Press, 1999 G
Pre-Invasion Issues: Military StrategyAfter Saddam: Prewar Planning and the Occupation of Iraq Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Richard R. Brennan, Jr., Heather S. Gregg, Thomas Sullivan, Andrew Rathmell ISBN-13: 9780833044587 (paper) RAND, 2008 S
Treading on Hallowed Ground: Counterinsurgency Operations in Sacred Spaces C. Christine Fair, Sumit Ganguly ISBN-13: 9780195342048 (paper) Oxford University Press, 2008 G
Seapower as Strategy: Navies and National Interests Norman Friedman  ISBN-10: 1557502919 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2001 S
Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America's New Way of War Norman Friedman  ISBN-10: 1591142903 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2003 G
How Effective Is Strategic Bombing? Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo Gian P. Gentile ISBN-10: 081473135X (cloth) New York University Press, 2001
Stray Voltage: War in the Information Age Wayne M. Hall  ISBN-10: 1591143500 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2003 S
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One David Kilcullen ISBN-13: 9780195368345 (cloth) Oxford University Press, 2009 G
Victory In War: Principles of Contemporary Military Policy William C. Martel ISBN-10: 0521859565 (cloth) ISBN-13: 9780521859561 (cloth) Cambridge University Press, 2006 G
Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare Michael R. Rip, James M. Hasik  ISBN-10: 1557509735 (cloth) Naval Institute Press, 2001 S
Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military Stephen Peter Rosen ISBN-13: 9780801481963 (paper) Cornell University Press, 1994 S
Instructions for American Servicemen in Iraq during World War II The United States Army ISBN-13: 9780226841700 (cloth) University of Chicago Press, 2007 G
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual The United States Army and Marine Corps ISBN-13: 9780226841519 (paper) University of Chicago Press, 2007 G
Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the 21st Century Cindy Williams, editor ISBN-10: 0262731401 (paper) MIT Press, 2001 S Return to Top
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