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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Iraq: History Reconsidered, Present Reassessed -- Part I: Iraq between a Nation-state and Ethnosectarian Divides: A Reappraisal -- 1 One Iraq or Many: What Has Happened to Iraqi Identity? -- 2 The Clash of Identities in Iraq -- 3 On the Brink: State and Nation in Iraqi Kurdistan -- 4 Kurdish Leadership in Post-Saddam Iraq: National Challenges and Changing Conditions -- Part II: Aspects of Iraqi History under the Monarchy -- 5 Iraqi Democracy and the Democratic Vision of 'Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim -- 6 Women under the Monarchy: A Backdrop for Post-Saddam Events -- Part III: The Ba'th Era and Beyond -- 7 Revisiting the Republic of Fear: Lessons for Research on Contemporary Iraq -- 8 Sadr the Father, Sadr the Son, the "Revolution in Shi'ism," and the Struggle for Power in the Hawzah of Najaf -- 9 On Servility and Survival: The Sunni Opposition to Saddam and the Origins of the Current Sunni Leadership in Iraq -- 10 The Performance of the Iraqi Armed Forces in Operation Desert Storm and the Impact of Desert Storm on Its Performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom -- 11 Management of Iraq's Economy Pre and Post the 2003 War: An Assessment -- Part IV: The United States in Iraq 2003-2007/2008 -- 12 Iraq after the Surge -- 13 Amateur Hour in Iraq: A Worm's-Eye View on the Failure of Nation Building -- 14 Until They Leave: Liberation, Occupation, and Insurgency in Iraq -- List of Contributors -- Index.

This edited volume represents a re-examination of the most central issues in the history of the Iraqi nation state until the American occupation (1920-2003) and, in the light of that history, a re-evaluation of developments under the occupation (2003-2008).