The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide

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Ideal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War. The Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide gives readers the opportunity to investigate this costly and controversial conflict as professional researchers doby looking closely at key samples of historical evidence. As readers will see, that evidence proves to be extraordinarily revealing about the drive to war, the course of the initial invasion, the counterinsurgency, the "surge," and the continuing difficulties in unifying and stabilizing the country. From relevant exchanges in the 2000 Bush/Gore debates to interviews with Saddam Hussein to the latest reorganization of the Coalition Provisional Authority, The Iraq War gives readers an insider's view of the conflict's key decisions and events. Each chapter brings together primary and secondary sources on an important phase of the war, with the author providing context, analysis, and insight from a historian's perspective. The book also provides a solid framework for working with the documentary recorda particularly difficult task in this case, as so many vital sources will remain classified and inaccessible for years to come.

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Greenwood's documentary and reference series of books contain background on many major political and cultural issues currently debated in the U.S. If all are as good as the one on the Iraq War edited by Thomas R. Mocktaitis, they have a winning series useful in most academic libraries. * Reference Reviews *
The work rises to the challenge of covering the events in a factual, unbiased manner. . . . Recommended for most libraries as a good, neutral source on a timely topic. * Booklist *
Mockaitis's excellent source of information on this long conflict is highly recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries supporting history or political science programs. * Library Journal *
Represents an easily accessible starting point for primary source documents useful for research into the origins and issues of the Iraq War. Recommended. * Choice *

Author Bio

Thomas R. Mockaitis, PhD, is professor of history at DePaul University in Chicago.