Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1 Ottoman Mesopotamia, 1903-1920 17
The Wedding of Regina, 1903 18
Lt. Col. Sir Mark Sykes on Mosul, 1906 21
The Young Turk Proclamation of 1908 24
Jafar al-Askari on Corrupt Ottoman Administration in Iraq 25
Sultan Abdul Hamid Deposed, 1909 29
Tribal Rebellion near Mosul, 1909 30
Baghdad Petition, 1910 33
British Military Rule in Basra 39
The Horrors of World War I 42
The Proclamation of Baghdad, 19 March 1917 45
The War Viewed from Baghdad 47
2 The British Mandate, 1920-1932 53
Iraqi Nationalism 55
Nationalist Poetry 61
The Revolt of 1920 62
Lawrence of Arabia Opposes Iraqi Mandate 66
Winston Churchill Outlines Middle East Policy 69
The Kurdish "Election" of King Faysal 74
King Faysals Coronation Speech, 1921 78
Shi'is Oppose (Rigged) Elections 81
3 The Hashemite Monarchy, 1932-1941 89
Faysal Expresses Intention to Protect Minorities, 1932 90
Pan-Arab Nationalism 93
Faysal I Promotes Pan-Arabism, 1932 99
The Assyrian Affair, 1933 102
The Bakr Sidqi Coup of 1936 107
Rising Anti-Semitism in Baghdad 113
The Shi'i Celebration of Ashura 115
Elegy to the Poor 121
4 Ending the Old Regime, 1941-1958 125
The Farhud 126
Rules for American Soldiers in Iraq during World War II 130
The Treaty of Portsmouth, 15 January 1948 133
Intellectual Life in Baghdad 137
Poverty in Baghdad 140
The Evolution of a Communist 143
Law No.1 of 1950 147
The Exodus of Kurdish Jews 148
Life in a Shi'i Village 154
5 The Revolutionary Era, 1958-1968 160
American Response to Qasim's Coup d'État 161
Corruption and Inequality 166
An American View of Revolutionary Iraq 173
Mutiny in Mosul, March 1959 176
The Social Lives of Women in Revolutionary Iraq 182
The Kurdish Revolt, 1961-1963 187
6 Consolidating Ba'thist Power, 1968-1979 193
U.S. Response to me Ba'thist Coup, July 1968 194
The Ba'thist Constitution, 1970 195
The Jewish Exodus under the Ba'th 198
Pan-Arab Cultural Production 206
Women in Ba'thist Iraq 209
History and Ba'thist Totalitarianism 212
The United States Considers Assistance to Kurds, 1972 214
The 1974-1975 War in Kurdish Iraq 215
Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and the Principle of Social Justice 220
Ba'thist Response to Shi'i Protests, 1979 223
7 The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1990 229
Saddam Hussein Justifies the War 230
The Iran-Iraq War through a General's Eyes 235
The United States Supports Ba'thist Iraq 239
The Iran-Iraq War through a Soldier's Eyes 244
The Front Line 248
The Home Front 254
Al Anfal 258
The End of the War 261
8 The Persian Gulf War and Sanctions, 1990-2002 265
Ambassador April Glaspie Meets with Saddam Hussein 267
"Null and Void": UN SC Res 662, 9 August 1990 271
"All Necessary Means": UN SC Res 678, 29 November 1990 272
The Persian Gulf War Experienced in Baghdad 273
The Persian Gulf War Wreaks Regional Havoc 278
"After the Storm": Winning the War, but Losing the Peace 281
Denis Halliday Protests the Sanctions Regime 285
The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 287
The Deleterious Effects of Sanctions on Iraqi Women 288
9 The Invasion of Iraq, 2001-2003 300
Saddam Hussein Responds to 9/11 302
Brent Scowcroft Opposes Invasion of Iraq 303
President Bush Argues for War 306
An Iraqi Elegy to Baghdad 312
The Battle of Nasiriyah 315
The Occupation of Baghdad 320
The Pillaging of the National Museum 323
Saddam Hussein Responds to Invasion 328
President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" Speech 330
10 The Occupation of Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003-2004 336
Civilians and the Front Line 337
Lt. Paul Bremer Forms a Governing Council 339
Women during the Iraq War 343
A Sunni Insurgent 347
Shi'i Disillusionment 353
The Rules of Engagement 357
The Coffins of Muqdadiyah 359
Operation Devil Siphon 362
The Lot of Children 367
Secondary Source Material 373
Acknowledgments 375
Index 381
