5 The Failure of National Integration

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword: In Sami Abdul Rahman Park xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. 1 The Context of Identity in Iraq 1
7. 2 The Formation of Iraq 21
8. 3 Faisal and the Dream of a Nation 39
9. 4 The Emergence of National Integration 63
10. 5 The Failure of National Integration 95
11. 6 The Process of National Disintegration 131
12. 7 A Disintegrated Nation 169
13. 8 The US Invasion: Opening Pandora’s Box 193
14. 9 The Paradoxes of Nation Formation in Iraq 233
15. Appendixes
16. 1 The Destruction of Kurdistan, 1963–1987 259
17. 2 The January 2005 Parliamentary Election Results 262
18. 3 The August 2005 Constitutional Referendum Results 262
19. 4 The December 2005 Parliamentary Election Results 263
20. 5 Civilian Deaths from Violence in Iraq, 2003–2012 264
21. 6 Average Deaths per Day from Bombs and Gunfire/Executions 265
22. 7 The March 2010 Paliamentary Election Results 266
23. Acronyms 267
24. Glossary 269
25. References 271
26. Index 297
27. About the Book 321