Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Preface xv
5. Maps xxvii
6. 1. Evolution of the Iraqi Insurgency: from Conventional to Partisan Warfare during operation Iraqi Freedom 1
7. 2. Origins and Motives of the Insurgency 59
8. 3. The Insurgents’ Way of Warfare 125
9. 4. Contending National Identities: the Kurds and Shi‘a Arabs 214
10. 5. Ideology, Politics and Failure to Execute: the US Counter-insurgency Campaign 271
11. Conclusions: Whither Iraq? 345
12. Epilogue 367
13. Notes 391
14. Bibliography 451
15. Index 473