{"product_id":"9780313343872","title":"Iraq War A Documentary and Reference Guide","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDocumentary and Reference Guides\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIraq War\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Documentary and Reference Guide\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThomas R. Mockaitis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdeal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Iraq War: A Documentary and Reference Guide\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers the opportunity to investigate this costly and controversial conflict as professional researchers do—by looking closely at key samples of historical evidence. As readers will see, that evidence proves to be extraordinarily revealing about the drive to war, the course of the initial invasion, the counterinsurgency, the \"surge,\" and the continuing difficulties in unifying and stabilizing the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom relevant exchanges in the 2000 Bush\/Gore debates to interviews with Saddam Hussein to the latest reorganization of the Coalition Provisional Authority, \u003ci\u003eThe Iraq War\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers an insider's view of the conflict's key decisions and events. Each chapter brings together primary and secondary sources on an important phase of the war, with the author providing context, analysis, and insight from a historian's perspective. The book also provides a solid framework for working with the documentary record—a particularly difficult task in this case, as so many vital sources will remain classified and inaccessible for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas R. Mockaitis\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is professor of history at DePaul University in Chicago.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 August 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGreenwood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780313343872\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e364\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40.16\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936330973324,"sku":"9780313343872","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_9077871a-f93a-4ab1-9c12-dbcf4837e58b.jpg?v=1786017830","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780313343872","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}