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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795302903321

Autore

Badie Dina

Titolo

After Saddam : American foreign policy and the destruction of secularism in the Middle East / / Dina Badie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3900-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

327.730567

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Middle East

United States Foreign relations Iraq

Iraq Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Sunnis, the Shias, and the Caliphates -- The modern Middle East -- The war on terror -- The Baathification and debaathification of Iraq -- The Shia revival and the Shia crescent -- The Sunni backlash -- The surge -- The dominos fall -- The Islamic State.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the monumental shift in the balance of power in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War. It investigates the manner in which American foreign policy in Iraq artificially shifted this balance and brought religious identities to the foreground.