By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: April 9, 2008
The script for Iraq was supposed to go like this: The dictator topples; the oppressed masses celebrate; democracy takes root; and the United States, showered with gratitude, embraces a new, pro-Western ally in the hostile Middle East.
INVISIBLE NATION
How the Kurds’ Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq [...]
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In Northern Iraq, the Kurds Find Success Amid Struggle
Posted in Books, Iraq, Kurdistan, New York Times on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Babylonian Society Library
Posted in Books, History, Iraq, Scholars on September 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
These books offer interesting information about the real history of the modern state of Iraq.
A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
by David Fromkin
The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
by Fouad [...]
