Iraq: Then and Now
A Guide to the Country and Its People
Published on 15. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-84162-243-9 (ISBN)
Description
This guide responds to huge public interest in both Iraq and its people and is less a travel guide and more of an objective account of Saddam's regime as a whole, and the build-up to the recent conflict.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16pp colour photos & 17 maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
32 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84162-243-9 (9781841622439)
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Persons
Karen Dabrowska is a New Zealander journalist living in London who focuses on Islamic culture and conflicts. Geoff Hann runs his own tour company in the UK, specializing in Iraq and the more unusual destinations.
Content
PART ONE: THEN 1) The Ancient Kingdoms; 2) Ummayads, Abbasids and Ottomans; 3) The Emergence Of Modern Iraq PART TWO: NOW 4) Saddam's Iraq; 5) Life Under Sanctions; 6) The 2003 War Without End; 7) Post-Saddam Iraq: New Dawn Or Breakfast In Hell?; 8) Iraqi Voices PART THREE: THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE 9) The North; 10) Baghdad and Central Iraq; 11) The South; 12) Culture; 13) Iraq's archaeological heritage; 14) The Iraqis in Exile; APPENDICES: Further reading, Information for Travelers