A documentary history of modern iraq

1. Ottoman Mesopotamia, 1903-1920. The wedding of Regina, 1903 ; Lt. Col. Sir Mark Sykes on Mosul, 1906 ; The young Turk proclamation of 1908 ; Jafar al-Askari on corrupt Ottoman administration in Iraq ; Sultan Abdul Hamid deposed, 1909 ; Tribal rebellion near Mosul, 1909 ; Baghdad petition, 1910 ; British military rule in Basra ; The horrors of World War I ; The proclamation of Baghdad, 19 March 1917 ; The war viewed from Baghdad

2. The British mandate, 1920-1932. Iraqi nationalism ; Nationalist poetry ; The revolt of 1920 ; Lawrence of Arabia opposes Iraqi mandate ; Winston Churchill outlines Middle East policy ; The Kurdish "election" of King Faysal ; King Faysal's coronation speech, 1921 ; Shi'is oppose (rigged) elections

3. The Hashemite Monarchy, 1932-194. Faysal expresses intention to protect minorities, 1932 ; Pan-Arab nationalism ; Faysal I promotes Pan-Arabism, 1932 ; The Assyrian affair, 1933 ; The Bakr Sidqi Coup of 1936 ; Rising anti-Semitism in Baghdad ; The Shi'i celebration of Ashura ; Elegy to the poor

4. Ending the old regime, 1941-1958. The Farhud ; Rules for American soldiers in Iraq during World War II ; The treaty of Portsmouth, 15 January 1948 ; Intellectual life in Baghdad ; Poverty in Baghdad ; The evolution of a communist ; Law no. 1 of 1950 ; The exodus of Kurdish Jews ; Life in a Shi'i village

5. The revolutionary era, 1958-1968. American response to Qasim's coup d? état ; Corruption and inequality ; An American view of revolutionary Iraq ; Mutiny in Mosul, March 1959 ; The social lives of women in revolutionary Iraq ; The Kurdish revolt, 1961-1963

6. Consolidating Ba'thist power, 1968-1979. U.S. response to the Ba'thist coup, July 1968 ; The Ba'thist constitution, 1970 ; The Jewish exodus under the Ba'th ; Pan-Arab cultural production ; Women in Ba'thist Iraq ; History and Ba'thist totalitarianism ; The United States considers assistance to Kurds, 1972 ; The 1974-1975 war in Kurdish Iraq ; Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and the principle of social justice ; Ba'thist response to Shi'i protests, 1979

7. The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1990. Saddam Hussein justifies the war ; The Iran-Iraq War through a general's eyes ; The United States supports Ba'thist Iraq ; The Iran-Iraq War through a soldier's eyes ; The front line ; The home front ; Al Anfal ; The end of the war

8. The Persian Gulf War and sanctions, 1990-2002. Ambassador April Glaspie meets with Saddam Hussein ; "Null and void": UN Sc Res 662, 9 August 1990 ; "All necessary means": UN Sc Res 678, 29 November 1990 ; The Persian Gulf War experienced in Baghdad ; The Persian Gulf War wreaks regional havoc ; "After the storm": winning the war, but losing the peace ; Denis Halliday protests the sanctions regime ; The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 ; The deleterious effects of sanctions on Iraqi women

9. The invasion of Iraq, 2001-2003. Saddam Hussein responds to 9/11 ; Brent Scowcroft opposes invasion of Iraq ; President Bush argues for war ; An Iraqi elegy to Baghdad ; The Battle of Nasiriyah ; The occupation of Baghdad ; The pillaging of the national museum ; Saddam Hussein responds to invasion ; President Bush's "mission accomplished" speech

10. The occupation of Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003-2004. Civilians and the front line ; Lt. Paul Bremer forms a governing council ; Women during the Iraq War ; A Sunni insurgent ; Shi'i disillusionment ; The rules of engagement ; The coffins of Muqdadiyah ; Operation Devil Siphon ; The lot of children.