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Eclipse of the Sunnis power, exile, and upheaval in the Middle East

The Middle East is experiencing Post-Traumatic Shock-and-Awe Disorder, roiled by the unintended after-effects of the removal of a geopolitical cornerstone: Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated Iraq. Four million Iraqis were displaced by the conflict; two million of them left the country. Iraq'...

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Main Author: Amos, Deborah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York PublicAffairs [2010]
Subjects:
Sunnites > Middle East > Social conditions
Sunnites > Iraq > Social conditions
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Refugees > Middle East
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Social aspects
Sunnites > Relations > Shīʻah
Shīʻah > Relations > Sunnites
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Table of Contents:
  • Selling the country
  • The first to go
  • Surge of exile
  • "Now is the winter of our discontent"
  • Identity and repression
  • "The most honest housewife in the world"
  • Lebanon's Iraq war
  • "Every Iraqi citizen is a landmine about to blow up"
  • Lost generation
  • "Behind every dish lies a world, a culture, a history"
  • Militiamen come from the best families
  • Far away
  • Conclusion: Baghdad.

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