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Iraq's insurgency and the road to civil conflict / Anthony H. Cordesman ; with assistance from Emma R. Davies.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author:	Cordesman, Anthony H.
Corporate Author:	Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors:	Davies, Emma R.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008.
Subjects:	Iraq War, 2003-2011. Insurgency > Iraq. Civil war > Iraq. Iraq War (2003-2011) Civil war. Insurgency. Iraq.

Table of Contents:

Saddam Hussein's "powder keg"
The history of Iraqi Shi'ite tensions with the Hussein Regime and Sunnis
The Iran-Iraq War
The Gulf War and its immediate aftermath
US-led invasion
America's strategic mistakes in going to war
Sunni Islamist extremists and neo-salafi vs. "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.