Iraq's Armed Forces : An Analytical History (Paperback)

1. Introduction  Section 1: The Mandate Army  2. Creation, Conscription, and Cohesion 1921-1936  Section 2: Praetorian Iraq  3. The Military Moderator Regimes 1936-1941  4. Dismantling the Military Moderator Regime 1941-1958  5. Military Coups and the Ruler Regimes 1958-1968  Section 3: The Totalitarian Military  6. The Baathification of the Military 1968-1980  7. The Totalitarian Military and the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1984  8. The Reassertion of the Iraqi Officers 1984-1988  9. Wars, Coups, Sanctions, and Collapse 1988-2003  Section 4: The Mandate Army Redux  10. The US and the Iraqi Army  11. Conclusion