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PATHFINDER: IRAQ WAR AND CONFLICT

 

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Websites

SCOPE: Questions arise as to whether the war in Iraq is making America safer from terrorism and how long U.S. troops should stay there. More than 2,000 U.S. soldiers and 24,7000-100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed. (CQ Researcher, Oct. 21,2005)
The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the materials available in the library on this topic, but as a selective sampling of the many types of resources available.

Books dealing with the war and conflict in IRAQ are listed in the Baddour Library’s online catalog under the following subject headings:

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Iraq—Military policy
Kurds—Iraq—Politics and government –21st century
Iraq-Politics and government
Iraq War, 2003

OVERVIEW SOURCES

CQ Researcher (online database):

Issues and Controversies:

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Butler, Richard. The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security. New York: Public Affairs, 2001.

Mackey, Sandra. The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. New York: Norton, 2003.

O’Leary, Brendan. The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 2005.

O’Shaughnessy, Nicolas J. Politics and Propaganda: Weapons of Mass Destruction. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.

Skiba, Katherine M. Sister in the Band of Brothers: Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2005.

Thompson, Warren E. Bandits over Baghdad: Personal Stories of Flying the F-117 over Iraq. North Branch, MN: Specialty

WEB SITES

 

CNN: War in Iraq
www.CNN.com


University of Michigan- Iraq War Debate
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/iraqwar.html


VAIW: Veterans Against the Iraq War
http://www.ivaw.org/

 

Updated 02/08/2007