Prescott Library: UN Crisis Project (Clark, Lytle, Thomas): Iraq

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Choices: Iraq
Information on Iraq from the Choices program. Used with permission.

A brief history of Iraq
by Hala Fattah with Frank Caso. Presents a history of the people and cultures of Iraq from prehistory to the twenty-first-century Iraqi War; and explores the various dynasties and rulers including the Mongol and Ottoman invasions, British occupation, and the rise of Saddam Hussein.
Call Number: 956.7 Fat
Publication Date: 2009
Civil Wars of the World
by Uk Heo (Editor); Karl DeRouen (Editor) Covers some of the most volatile civil wars around the globe since World War II. An alphabetically-arranged resource.
Call Number: REF 909.82 Civ
Publication Date: 2007
Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II
by James Ciment (Editor) Highlights the conflicts and events that changed the course of late twentieth-century history. Organized by region.
Call Number: REF 909.825 Enc
Publication Date: 2006
Great Debates at the United Nations
by Robert F. Gorman Provides information and critical examinations of the fifty most important issues debated in the history of the United Nations from 1945 to 2000.
Call Number: 341.23 Gor
Publication Date: 2001
Iraq
by Adrian Sinkler. Addresses the political, social, and historical events that led to the upheaval within the nation of Iraq, and examines the Baath Party, Shiite and Kurdish opposition movements, economic crisis, and democratic transition.
Call Number: 956.704 Sin
Publication Date: 2006
Iraq
by Liz Sonneborn Describes Iran's geography, wildlife, history, government, economy, people, religion, and culture.
Call Number: 956.7 Son
Publication Date: 2012
Iraq
by Heather Lehr Wagner ; introduction by Akbar Ahmed. Traces the history of Iraq, focusing on the key role its politics has played in the development of the modern Middle East. Includes information on the First Gulf war of the 1990s.
Call Number: 956.704 Wag
Publication Date: 2003

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Profile of the country and people of Iraq
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Current Controversies: Iraq
by William Dudley, Stacey L. Tipp, book editors. An anthology of articles debating issues surrounding the Persian Gulf War, including its effects on the United States and the Middle East, the justification of military action, the accuracy of the media coverage, and lessons learned from the war.
Call Number: 956.704 Ira
Publication Date: 1991
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War
by Richard A. Schwartz. Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the people, places, and events of the Persian Gulf War; and includes an annotated chronology that charts the process that led up to the conflict, fro 1958 through 1991.
Call Number: 956.704 Sch
Publication Date: 1998
The Gulf War Reader : history, documents, opinions
by Micah Sifry; Christopher Cerf Covers basic historical documents and political commentary on the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Call Number: 956.7043 Gul
Publication Date: 1991

Persian Gulf War
by Rodney P. Carlisle. Examines several aspects of the origins, fighting, and aftermath of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Call Number: 956.704 Car
Publication Date: 2003

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A Problem from Hell
by Samantha Power Examines the U.S.'s weak responses to genocides and threats of genocide throughout the twentieth century, discussing the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and other instances and calling for change. Includes a bonus section containing an interview with the author and other writings.
Call Number: 304.663 Pow
Publication Date: 2007

"Complicity with evil" : the United Nations in the age of modern genocide
by Adam LeBor. Explores why the United Nations has repeatedly failed to confront genocide, focusing on the crucial role of the Secretariat, its relationship with the Security Council, and the failure of UN officials themselves to confront genocide.
Call Number: 341.23 Leb

Kurdistan
by Kari J. Bodnarchuk Presents background information on the Kurds and examines the history of their ethnic conflict with other peoples in the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia.
Call Number: 956.67 Bod
Publication Date: 2000
The Kurds
by Heather Lehr Wagner ; introduction by Akbar Ahmed. A discussion of the people known as Kurds, including their history as well as their contemporary status in the Middle East.
Call Number: 956.004 Wag
Publication Date: 2003
The Kurds : state and minority in Turkey, Iraq and Iran
by James Ciment. Surveys the history of the Kurdish struggle for national autonomy or independence, with discussion of their culture, political infighting, and subjection to political repression and mass murder.
Call Number: 956.07 Cim
Publication Date: 1996

Kurdish Religion

Saddam's road to hell / [videorecording]
by PBS Home Video ; a BBC production in association with WGBH/Frontline ; producers, Fiona Campbell, Thea Guest. "As Saddam Hussein faces trial for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and the country he once ruled slides into potential internal war, veteran filmmaker Gwynne roberts and a team of human rights investigators set off on a dangerous journey across Iraq to find out exactly what happened to 8,000 Kurdish men and boys who went missing in the early year's of Saddam's rule. Frontline searches for a mass grave in the harsh desert of southern Iraq, telling a story about the country's violent past and its uncertain future.
Call Number: AV 956.704 Sad DVD

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