Baghdad archives
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cleansing of civilisations
crimes against culture
cultural cleansing in Iraq
De-Ba'athification
Death Psychology
Death squads in Iraq
destruction of Iraqi history
destruction of Iraqi state
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International Coalition of Academics Against Occupation
International Laws of War and Occupation
Iraqi academics
Iraqi brain drain
Iraqi Christians
Iraqi cultural heritage
Iraqi cultural minorities
Iraqi heritage
Iraqi intellectuals
Iraqi national identity
Iraqi paramilitaries
Israel in Iraq
Looting of museums
Paul Wolfowitz
purging of Iraqi academics
state building in Iraq
targeted assassinations
US torture of Iraqis
Product details
- ISBN 9780745328126
- Weight: 404g
- Dimensions: 135 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 06 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Pluto Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Why did the invasion of Iraq result in the destruction of culture and murder of intellectuals? Convention sees accidents of war and poor planning in a campaign to liberate Iraqis. The authors argue instead that the invasion aimed to dismantle the Iraqi state to remake it as a client regime.
Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences of the occupiers' wilful inaction and worse, which led to the ravaging of one of the world's oldest recorded cultures. Targeted assassination of over 400 academics, kidnapping and the forced flight of thousands of doctors, lawyers, artists and other intellectuals add up to cultural cleansing.
This book lays to rest claims that the invasion aimed to free an educated population to develop its own culture of democracy.
Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences of the occupiers' wilful inaction and worse, which led to the ravaging of one of the world's oldest recorded cultures. Targeted assassination of over 400 academics, kidnapping and the forced flight of thousands of doctors, lawyers, artists and other intellectuals add up to cultural cleansing.
This book lays to rest claims that the invasion aimed to free an educated population to develop its own culture of democracy.
Raymond William Baker is Professor of International Politics, Trinity College, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. His books include Cultural Cleansing in Iraq (Pluto, 2009) and Islam Without Fear (Harvard University Press, 2006).
Shereen T. Ismael is an Assistant Professor of Social Work and MSW Field Coordinator in the School of Social Work, Carleton University. In addition to her book Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State (UAP, 2006), she is the co-editor of Cultural Cleansing in Iraq (Pluto, 2009).
Tareq Y. Ismael is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada and President of the International Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University. His most recent works include Middle Cultural Cleansing in Iraq (Pluto, 2009), The Iraqi Predicament (Pluto, 2004) and Iraq (Pluto, 2003).
