The Legacy of Iraq : : From the 2003 War to the 'Islamic State' / / Benjamin Isakhan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Isakhan, Benjamin,
• MitwirkendeR: Adelman, Howard,; Al-Jeloo, Nicholas,; Alaaldin, Ranj,; Anderson, Liam,; Brooks, Aloysia,; Camilleri, Joseph A.,; Campbell, Perri,; Howie, Luke,; Isakhan, Benjamin,; Kampmark, Binoy,; Le Billon, Philippe,; Siebrandt, Diane C.,; Zeidel, Ronen,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Examines the complex and difficult legacies of the Iraq war of 2003 and their critical relevance todayIn March 2003, a US-led 'Coalition of the Willing' launched a pre-emptive intervention against Iraq. Their ambitious project was to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy, underpinned by free-market capitalism, its citizens free to live in peace and prosperity. However, the Iraq war did not go to plan and the coalition were forced to withdraw all combat troops at the end of 2011, having failed to deliver on their promise of a democratic, peaceful and prosperous Iraq. The Legacy of Iraq critically reflects on this abject failure and argues that mistakes made by the coalition and the Iraqi political elite set a sequence of events in motion that have had devastating consequences for Iraq, the Middle East and for the rest of the world. Today, as the nation faces perhaps its greatest challenge in the wake of the devastating advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and another US-led coalition undertakes renewed military action in Iraq, understanding the complex and difficult legacies of the 2003 war could not be more urgent. To ignore the legacies of the Iraq war and to deny their connection to contemporary events means that vital lessons could be ignored and the same mistakes made again.Find out moreView the full notes on ContributorsRead and download the introduction, 'The Iraq Legacies - Intervention, Occupation, Withdrawal and Beyond', for free (pdf)"

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Iraq Legacies - Intervention, Occupation, Withdrawal and Beyond -- Part I: The Aftermath of War: Strategic Decisions and Catastrophic Mistakes -- 1. The De-Baathifi cation of post-2003 Iraq: Purging the Past for Political Power -- 2. The Contested Politics of Iraq's Oil Wealth -- 3. Torture at Abu Ghraib: Non-disclosure and Impunity -- Part II: Iraqi Politics since Saddam -- 4. Shattering the Shia: A Maliki Political Strategy in Post-Saddam Iraq -- 5. The Dangerous Legacy of a Flawed Constitution: Resolving Iraq's Kurdish 'Problem' -- 6. Between Aqalliya and Mukawin: Understanding Sunni Political Attitudes in Post-Saddam Iraq -- 7. Post-withdrawal Prospects for Iraq's 'Ultra-minorities' -- Part III: The Plight of Iraqi Culture and Civil Society -- 8. Doing Democracy in Difficult Times: Oil Unions and the Maliki Government -- 9. 'If You're a Female, You Risk Being Attacked': Digital Selves, Warblogs and Women's Rights in Post-invasion Iraq -- 10. The Impact of Coalition Military Operations on Archaeological Sites in Iraq -- Part IV: Regional and International Consequences of the Iraq War -- 11. Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq: Internal and External Displacement -- 12. Shia Ascendency in Iraq and the Sectarian Polarisation of the Middle East -- 13. Humanitarian Intervention after Iraq: The Politics of Protection and Rescue -- 14. Iraq, the Illusion of Security and the Limits to Power -- Conclusion: The Iraq Legacies and the Roots of the 'Islamic State' -- References -- Index