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56 p. : col. ill., maps, ports.
Cover subtitle: Birth of Iraq, rise of Saddam, Iraq today.
Table of contents includes: We got him! -- The first civilizations -- Islam comes to Iraq -- Mongols, Kurds, and Turks -- 1921: Britain creates the Kingdom of Iraq -- The monarchy : 1921-1958 -- Military regimes : 1958-1968 -- The Ba'ath in power : 1968-1979 -- Saddam as president -- War with Iran -- 1990 : the invasion of Kuwait -- 1991 : Iraq driven out of Kuwait -- 1991-2001 : sanctions and the effects -- 1991-2002 : the no-fly zones -- 1991-2001 : sanctions and the inspections -- September 11 : a turning point -- Iraq and the United Nations -- The invasion of Iraq -- Sunnis, Kurds, and Shi'ites -- 2003-2004 : resistance continues -- Interim government -- Turbulent Iraq.