Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

Iraq since the Invasion: People and Politics in a State of Conflict book cover

1st Edition

Iraq since the Invasion People and Politics in a State of Conflict

Edited By Keiko Sakai, Philip Marfleet Copyright 2020
252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This book addresses the complex events and unexpected outcomes of military intervention by the United States and its allies in Iraq in 2003. Considering the long-term outcomes of the intervention, this volume examines economic collapse, societal disorder, and increased regional conflict in Iraq.  The book assesses the means by which American strategists imposed a new political order,... Read more

1. Introduction – agendas for change.

Philip Marfleet

Part I

2. "Everything has to change for everything to remain the same".　

Toby Dodge

3. A sectarian awakening.　

Fanar Haddad

4. Agonistic democracy in Iraq.

Juan Cole

5. From sect-based coalition-building to competition for control over local constituencies.

Keiko Sakai

Part II

6. Borders, migration, and the state.

Philip Marfleet

7. Displacement and State Transformation.

Ali A.K. Ali

Part III

8. Regime change and national integration policy.

Dai Yamao

9. Challenges for the Kurdistan region.

Akiko Yoshioka

Part IV

10. Iraq–Syria relations.　

Raymond Hinnebusch

11. Iranian–Iraqi Relations 2003–2013.

Ali Granmayeh

12. Epilogue.

Keiko Sakai

Biography

Keiko Sakai is a professor and dean of the Center for Relational Studies on Global Crises, Chiba University. She has research experiences in the Institute of Developing Economies and Embassy of Japan in Baghdad. She has published several books on Iraq and Middle East politics (mainly in Japanese).

Philip Marfleet is an emeritus professor in Social Sciences at the University of East London. He has worked at universities in the Middle East and the UK. His books include Refugees in a Global Era (2006), Egypt: The Moment of Change (2009), and Egypt: Contested Revolution (2016).

Add to Cart