
- 184 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Since the start of the Iraq conflict, world-renowned security expert Paul Rogers has produced a series of monthly reports scrutinising developments in the occupation and the Iraqi response to it, drawing on the unique range of contacts and material available to the prestigious Oxford Research Group. They have become the standard source material for journalists, policymakers and campaigners writing about Iraq.
Now, for the first time, Paul Rogers has brought these reports together to provide a detailed and authoritative analysis of the last year in Iraq. A disturbing picture emerges, in which coalition forces repeatedly misread the direction of the insurgency, in which radical groups gain strength through the ongoing (and underreported) loss of civilian lives at the hands of the occupying forces, and in which the US's determination to secure the Persian Gulf's oil and gas resources lock it further and further into a destructive, intractable, and ultimately counter-productive war in the Middle East. Concisely-written and highly accessible, 'Iraq and the War on Terror' is an indispensable book for anyone interested the Middle East, US foreign policy and international security. Its conclusions about the extent of the damage caused by the war, and how long the occupation looks set to last, will send shockwaves through policymakers in the US and the UK alike.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Regime Termination and the Evolving War
- Chapter 2. Problems on Two Fronts: May 2004
- Chapter 3. Transfer of Power or Client Regime? June 2004
- Chapter 4. Iran Comes into the Frame: July 2004
- Chapter 5. A Change of Direction? August 2004
- Chapter 6. Iraq and a Wider War: September 2004
- Chapter 7. Iraq, al-Qaeda and a Renewed Caliphate: October 2004
- Chapter 8. Fallujah and Its Aermath: November 2004
- Chapter 9. Towards a Third Year of War: December 2004
- Chapter 10. Elections and Their Consequences: January 2005
- Chapter 11. Limitations of Power: February 2005
- Chapter 12. The Bush Administration, Insurgencies and Iran: March 2005
- Chapter 13. The Iraq Impasse: April 2005
- Chapter 14. Iraq and the War on Terror: Year Two
- Notes
- Index