Strategic implications of intercommunal warfare in Iraq / W. Andrew Terrill.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Terrill, W. Andrew

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Series:

Special report (Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute)

Strategic Studies Institute special report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq--Ethnic relations.

Iraq.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Civil war--Iraq.

Civil war.

Middle East--Foreign relations.

Middle East.

Group identity--Middle East.

Group identity.

Ethnic relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 50 pages)

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2005]

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

In the post-Saddam era, differences among Iraqi ethnic and religious groups will either emerge as a barrier to political cooperation and national unity, or they will instead be mitigated as part of the struggle to define a new and more inclusive system of government. Should Iraqi ethnic and sectarian differences become unmanageable, a violent struggle for political power may ensue. This study does not predict an ethnic or sectarian civil war in Iraq except as a worst case, which must be analyzed and considered. If Iraqi violence erupts along religious/sectarian and ethnic lines, this conflict will have thunderous echoes throughout the area. Group identity, which is critical throughout much of the Middle East, will provide a compelling context for regional bystanders watching ethnic and sectarian bloodshed. Moreover, various nations would involve themselves in the fighting in ways up to and including the possibility of military intervention. Additionally, inter-communal harmony and tolerance in other regional states may suffer as the result of Iraqi fighting and the responses of neighboring governments to that fighting. The danger of an Iraqi civil war requires serious U.S. cooperation with those regional states that also have a stake in preventing this outcome.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed September 27, 2005).

"February 2005."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-50).

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Terrill, W. Andrew. Strategic implications of intercommunal warfare in Iraq

ISBN:

1584871873

9781584871873

OCLC:

60388964

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