Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 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, 1932-1941 -- 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 -- Secondary Source Material -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I.

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Previously published histories and primary source collections on the Iraqi experience tend to be topically focused or dedicated to presenting a top-down approach. By contrast, Stacy Holden's A Documentary History of Modern Iraq gives voice to ordinary Iraqis, clarifying the experience of the Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Jews, and women over the past century. Through varied documents ranging from short stories to treaties, political speeches to memoirs, and newspaper articles to book excerpts, the work synthesizes previously marginalized perspectives of minorities and women with the voices of the political elite to provide an integrated picture of political change from the Ottoman Empire in 1903 to the end of the second Bush administration in 2008. Covering a broad range of topics, this bottom-up approach allows readers to fully immerse themselves in the lives of everyday Iraqis as they navigate regime shifts from the British to the Hashemite monarchy, the political upheaval of the Persian Gulf wars, and beyond. Brief introductions to each excerpt provide context and suggest questions for classroom discussion. This collection offers raw history, untainted and unfiltered by modern political framework and thought, representing a refreshing new approach to the study of Iraq.

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