Iraq's insurgency and the road to civil conflict
By: Anthony H. Cordesman ; with assistance from Emma R. Davies
Contributors: Davies, Emma R; Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Praeger Security International; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 841
ISBN-13: 9780313349973; 9780313349997; 9780313350016
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; Insurgency -- Iraq; Civil war -- Iraq
Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [753]-841)
Table of contents: title: Saddam Hussein's "powder keg"; title: The history of Iraqi Shi'ite tensions with the Hussein regime and the Sunnis; title: The Iran-Iraq War; title: The Gulf War and its immediate aftermath; title: 1991 to the U.S.-led invasion; title: America's strategic mistakes in going to war; title: Sunni Islamist extremists and neo-Salafi versus "nationalist" insurgents; title: Shi'ite militias; title: Kurdish parties and the Kurdish militias; title: The role of Iraqi political developments in creating the insurgency; title: The role of de-Ba'thification and dissolution of the Iraqi Army; title: The emergence of Sunni insurgents; title: Foreign volunteers and the role of Syria; title: The evolution of criminal gangs and militias; title: Early Iraqi public opinion; title: Early insurgent strategy, and tactics; title: Early patterns of attack; title: US and coalition strategy after the end of major combat operations; title: Initial US efforts to train Iraqi forces; title: Initial US aid efforts; title: The November 15 agreement and the decision to end the CPA; title: Nation building, insurgency, and civil conflict