Iraq Between Occupations

1. Introduction: Iraq: History Reconsidered, Present Reassessed
Amatzia Baram, Achim Rohde, Ronen Zeidel

Part I. Iraq between a Nation-state and Ethnosectarian Divides: A Reappraisal

2. One Iraq or Many: What Has Happened to Iraqi Identity?
Phebe Marr

3. The Clash of Identities in Iraq
Sherko Kirmanj

4. On the Brink: State and Nation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Ofra Bengio

5. Kurdish Leadership in Post-Saddam Iraq: National Challenges and Changing Conditions
Michael Eppel

Part II. Aspects of Iraqi History under the Monarchy

6. Iraqi Democracy and the Democratic Vision of ‘Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim
Orit Bashkin

7. Women under the Monarchy: A Backdrop for Post-Saddam Events
Noga Efrati

Part III. The Ba’th Era and Beyond

8. Revisiting the Republic of Fear: Lessons for Research on Contemporary Iraq
Achim Rohde

9. Sadr the Father, Sadr the Son, the “Revolution in Shi’ism,” and the Struggle for Power in the Hawzah of Najaf
Amatzia Baram

10. On Servility and Survival: The Sunni Opposition to Saddam and the Origins of the Current Sunni Leadership in Iraq
Ronen Zeidel

11. The Performance of the Iraqi Armed Forces in Operation Desert Storm and the Impact of Desert Storm on Its Performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom
I. D. F. Pesach Malovany

12. Management of Iraq’s Economy Pre and Post the 2003 War: An Assessment
Joseph Sassoon

Part IV. The United States in Iraq 2003–2007/2008

13. Iraq after the Surge
Michael Eisenstadt

14. Amateur Hour in Iraq: A Worm’s-Eye View on the Failure of Nation Building
A. Heather Coyne

15. Until They Leave: Liberation, Occupation, and Insurgency in Iraq
Judith S. Yaphe

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, History of the Middle East, International Relations, Political Science, Peace Studies