| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> IraqFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Iraq- Iraq  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  Country                       Profile- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  TransportationGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security   Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting    - Ancient                           Mesopotamia      - Sumer,                               Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria  Iranian                               and Greek IntrusionsThe                           Arab Conquest and the Coming of Islam
The                               Sunni-Shia Controversy
- The                               Abbasid Caliphate, 750-1258  The                               Mongol InvasionThe                           Ottoman Period, 1534-1918
- World                           War I and the British Mandate  Iraq                           as an Independent MonarchyRepublican                           Iraq
- Coups,                           Coup Attempts, and Foreign Policy  The                           Emergence of Saddam Hussein, 1968-79The                           Iran-Iraq Conflict
Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment
Geography                           and Population
Boundaries
- Major                               Geographical Features  Settlement                               PatternsClimate
- Population  The                               PeopleKurds
- Other                               Minorities   Religious                           Life- Islam    - Sunnis  ShiasSunni-Shia                               Relations in Iraq
- Social                           Systems     - Rural                               Society  Impact                               of Agrarian ReformUrban                               Society
- Stratification                               and Social Classes   Family                           and SocietyEducation                           and Welfare
Education
- Health  Welfare- Chapter                       3 - The Economy    - Growth                           and Structure of the Economy  The                           Role of GovernmentBanking                           and Finance
- The                           Oil Sector    - Developments                               Through World War II  The                               Turkish Petroleum CompanyPost-World                               War II Through the 1970s
- Oil                               in the 1980s   IndustrializationAgriculture
Water                               Resources
- Land                               Tenure and Agrarian Reform  Cropping                               and LivestockTransportation
Roads
- Railroads  PortsAirports
- Telecommunications  ElectricityForeign                           Trade 
Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics
Constitutional                           Framework 
- Government    - The                               Revolutionary Command Council  The                               National AssemblyThe                               President and the Council of Ministers
- The                               Judiciary  Local                               GovernmentKurdish                               Autonomy
- Politics    - The                               Baath Party  The                               Politics of Alliance: The Progressive National FrontPolitical                               Opposition
- Mass                           Media   Foreign                           Policy - The                               Soviet Union  The                               WestThe                               Persian Gulf Countries
- Iraq                               and Other Arab Countries  Relations                               with Other CountriesParticipation                               in International Organizations
Chapter                       5 - National Security
National                           Security Concerns
- The                           Regular Armed Forces    - Size,                               Equipment, and Organization  Manpower                               and TrainingConditions                               of Service and Morale
- Military                               Justice System  Uniforms                               and Rank InsigniaParamilitary                           Forces 
- Foreign                           Military Ties    - Military                               Ties Prior to the Iran-Iraq War  The                               Iran-Iraq War and the Quest for New Sources of ArmsArms                               from the Soviet Union
- Arms                               from France  The                               Search for Nuclear TechnologyThe                           Iran-Iraq Wars
Iraqi                               Offensives, 1980-82
- Iraqi                               Retreats, 1982-84  The                               War of Attrition, 1984-87The                               Tanker War, 1984-87
- Armed                           Forces and Society    - Status                               in National Life  The                               Sociology of the MilitaryThe                               Defense Burden
- The                               Impact of Casualties on the Armed Forces  Treatment                               of Veterans and WidowsInternal                           Security 
Internal                               Developments and Security
The                                   Kurdish Problem
- The                                   Iraqi Communists and Baathist Iraq  Impact                                   of the Iranian Revolution on Iraqi ShiasInternal                               Security in the 1980s
- Incidence                               of Crime  Criminal                               Justice System- Appendix. Tables    BibliographyGlossary

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