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  • The Iraq Wars

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Samuel Helfont ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    American wars in Iraq were a defining feature of global politics for almost thirty years. The Gulf War of 1991, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the campaign against the Islamic State beginning in 2014 each had their own logic. Each occurrence was a distinct conflict; however they must not only be considered in isolation. The United States spent the 1990s trying but failing to implement ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Iraq against the World

    Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order

    by Samuel Helfont ...
    The move away from post-Cold War unipolarity and the rise of revisionist states like Russia and China pose a rapidly escalating and confounding threat for the liberal international order. In Iraq against the World, Samuel Helfont offers a new narrative of Iraqi foreign policy after the 1991 Gulf War to argue that Saddam Hussein executed a political warfare campaign that facilitated this ... Read more

    $32.39 CAD

  • Compulsion in Religion

    Saddam Hussein, Islam, and the Roots of Insurgencies in Iraq

    by Samuel Helfont ...
    Samuel Helfont draws on extensive research with Ba'thist archives to investigate the roots of the religious insurgencies that erupted in Iraq following the American-led invasion in 2003. In looking at Saddam Hussein's policies in the 1990s, many have interpreted his support for state-sponsored religion as evidence of a dramatic shift away from Arab nationalism toward political Islam. While Islam ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    The Iraq Wars

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Samuel Helfont ...
    Narrated by Tom Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 56 min

    American wars in Iraq were a defining feature of global politics for almost thirty years. The Gulf War of 1991, the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the campaign against the Islamic State beginning in 2014 each had their own logic. Each occurrence was a distinct conflict; however they must not only be considered in isolation. The United States spent the 1990s trying but failing to implement ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives

    Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities

    Edited by Lisa Blaydes, Samuel Helfont ...
    Series series Stanford–Hoover Series on Authoritarianism
    The opening of Iraq's Ba'th Party archives revolutionized the study of Iraqi politics and history, offering scholars unprecedented access to the inner workings of one of the world's most impenetrable autocracies. This volume brings together leading scholars to take stock of what we have learned from over a decade of research using the Ba'thist archives, contributing to a new understanding of Iraq ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

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    Women Fight the Islamic State

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    A secular feminist army courageously challenges the Islamic StateIn war-torn northern Syria, a democratic society—based on secularism, ethnic inclusiveness, and gender equality—has won significant victories against the Islamic State, or Daesh, with women on the front lines as fierce warriors and leaders.A Road Unforeseen recounts the dramatic, underreported history of the Rojava Kurds, whose all ... Read more

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  • The Middle East Crisis Factory

    Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance

    by Iyad El-Baghdadi, Ahmed Gatnash ...
    Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play? Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of broken promises. They chart the entrenchment of tyranny, terrorism and foreign intervention, showing how these systems of oppression simultaneously ... Read more

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  • The International Relations of the Persian Gulf

    by F. Gregory Gause, III ...
    Gregory Gause's masterful book is the first to offer a comprehensive account of the international politics in the Persian Gulf across nearly four decades. The story begins in 1971 when Great Britain ended its protectorate relations with the smaller states of the lower Gulf. It traces developments in the region from the oil 'revolution' of 1973–4 through the Iranian revolution, the Iran-Iraq war ... Read more

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  • West Asia At War

    Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games

    by Talmiz Ahmad ...
    Events in West Asia constantly demand global attention due to regional conflicts, faith-based divisions, sectarian violence and wars that are often ignited by external powers. Popular agitations for political, economic and social reform frequently make the scenario even more fragile, turbulent and uncertain.West Asia is a destination for millions of pilgrims to sacred sites venerated by the three ... Read more

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  • Syrian Requiem

    The Civil War and Its Aftermath

    by Itamar Rabinovich, Carmit Valensi ...
    A compact, incisive history of a war that was an ominous prelude to Russia’s invasion of UkraineLeaving almost half a million dead and displacing an estimated twelve million people, the Syrian Civil War is a humanitarian catastrophe of unimaginable scale. Syrian Requiem analyzes the causes and course of this bitter conflict—from its first spark in a peaceful Arab Spring protest to the tenuous ... Read more

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  • US Foreign Policy in the Middle East

    The Roots of Anti-Americanism

    by Kylie Baxter, Shahram Akbarzadeh ...
    Over the last sixty years, Washington has been a major player in the politics of the Middle East. From Iran in the 1950s, to the Gulf War of 1991, to the devastation of contemporary Iraq, US policy has had a profound impact on the domestic affairs of the region. Anti-Americanism is a pervasive feature of modern Middle East public opinion. But far from being intrinsic to ‘Muslim political culture’, ... Read more

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  • No Conquest, No Defeat

    Iran's National Security Strategy

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    In early 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran marked its fortieth anniversary, despite decades of isolation, political pressure, sanctions and war. Observers of its security policies continue to try and make sense of this unlikely endurance. Some view the regime as a purely rational actor, whose national security decisions and military affairs are shaped by the same considerations as in other states ... Read more

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