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008			071018s2008 cau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2007043546
020			_a9781582434032
020			_a1582434034
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn175290015
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dBTCTA _dBAKER _dYDXCP _dC#P _dIXA _dVP@ _dCQU _dOCLCA _dBNO _dHEBIS _dOCLCQ _dDLC
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050	0	0	_aDS79.76 _b.S69 2008
082	0	0	_a956.7044/3 _222
100	1		_aSteele, Jonathan.
245	1	0	_aDefeat : _bwhy America and Britain lost Iraq / _cJonathan Steele.
260			_aBerkeley, CA : _bCounterpoint : _bDistributed by Publishers Group West, _cc2008.
300			_a290 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_ainclude bibliography, index
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-277) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aDescribes 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.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-2011.
650		0	_aInsurgency _zIraq.
650		0	_aShiites _zIraq.
650		0	_aSunnites _zIraq.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-2011 _xParticipation, British.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-2009.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip083/2007043546.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1413/2007043546-d.html
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