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After Saddam : American foreign policy and the destruction of secularism in the Middle East / Dina Badie.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.I57 B33 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badie, Dina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Iraq.
- Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Islam and politics.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 189 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
- Summary:
- This book explores the monumental shift in the balance of power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War. It investigates the manner in which American foreign policy in Iraq artificially shifted this balance and brought religious identities to the foreground.
- Contents:
- The Sunnis, the Shias, and the Caliphates
- The modern Middle East
- The war on terror
- The Baathification and debaathification of Iraq
- The Shia revival and the Shia crescent
- The Sunni backlash
- The surge
- The dominos fall
- The Islamic State.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Badie, Dina, author. After Saddam
- ISBN:
- 9781498538992
- 1498538991
- OCLC:
- 987796059
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