Steele, Jonathan. <br/><br/>
Defeat :  why America and Britain lost Iraq / 
Jonathan Steele. 
 - Berkeley, CA :  Counterpoint :  Distributed by Publishers Group West,  c2008. 
 - 290 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> include bibliography, index 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Iraq without Iraqis -- Arab anguish -- Creating resistance : the Sunnis -- Creating resistance : the Shias -- Leave in time or get bogged down -- Creating resistance : humiliation and death -- Britain and Basra -- Sectarian conflict : who's to blame? -- The farce of sovereignty -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Describes how the Bush and Blair administrations failed to account for the military past of Iraq and nationalist feelings of Iraqis before the 2003 invasion, and how this failure led to the drawn-out civil conflict within the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781582434032 1582434034 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043546 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011.<br/>Insurgency--Iraq.<br/>Shiites--Iraq.<br/>Sunnites--Iraq.<br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Participation, British.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.<br/>Great Britain--Politics and government--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS79.76  / .S69 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.7044/3