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Iraq

The 2003 Invasion and Its Aftermath
Iraq’s History
     General
     From British Influence to Saddam
     The Caliphate and Ottoman Rule
     Ancient Mesopotamia
Iraq’s International Relations
     General
     The First Gulf War
     The Iran/Iraq War
Iraq’s Culture and Society
     The People of Iraq
     Religion
     Art, Literature, and Language
Pre-Invasion Issues
     Preventive Diplomacy
     Military Strategy

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List Published: 6/20/02
Revised: 2/22/06
Last Updated: 10/27/06


The 2003 Invasion and Its Aftermath

The Atlantic Alliance Under Stress: US-European Relations after Iraq
David M. Andrews, editor
ISBN-10: 0521614082 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521614085 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2005

The Battle for Iraq: BBC News Correspondents on the War against Saddam
Sara Beck, Malcolm Downing, editors
ISBN-10: 0801879361 (cloth)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003
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The International Law of Occupation
Eyal Benvenisti
ISBN-10: 0691121303 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 2004
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Making States Work: State Failure and the Crisis of Governance
Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff, and Ramesh Thakur, editors
ISBN-10: 928081107X (paper)
United Nations University Press, 2005
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A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
Thomas Cushman, editor author info
ISBN-10: 0520245555 (paper)
University of California Press, 2005
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America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq
James Dobbins, ohn G. McGinn, Keith Crane, Seth G. Jones, Rollie Lal, Andrew Rathmell, Rachel M. Swanger, Anga Timilsina, ,
ISBN-10: 083303460X (paper)
RAND, 2003
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Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation
Dave Enders
ISBN-10: 0472114697 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0472031694 (paper)
University of Michigan Press, 2005
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Revolt on the Tigris:The Al-Sadr Uprising and the Governing of Iraq
Mark Etherington
ISBN-10: 0801444519 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, 2005
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What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building
Noah Feldman author info
ISBN-10: 0691126127 (paper)
Princeton University Press, May 2006
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America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy
Francis Fukuyama
ISBN-10: 0300113994 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2006

Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq
Francis Fukuyama
ISBN-10: 0801883342 (cloth)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005
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The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global
Fawaz A. Gerges
ISBN-10: 0521791405 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521791403 (cloth)
Cambridge University Press, 2005

The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib
Karen J. Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel, editors
ISBN-10: 0521853249 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521853248 (cloth)
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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Globalization and Empire: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq, Free Markets, and the Twilight of Democracy
Stephen John Hartnett, Laura Ann Stengrim,
ISBN-10: 0817315012 (cloth)
University of Alabama Press, 2006
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Insurgency and Counter-insurgency in Iraq
Ahmed S. Hashim
ISBN-10: 0801444527 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, November 2006

Resisting Rebellion: The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency
Anthony James Joes
ISBN-10: 0813123399 (cloth)
University Press of Kentucky, 2004

Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of the Modern U.S. Military
Michael Knights
ISBN-10: 1591144442 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2005

American Public Support for U.S. Military Operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad
Eric V. Larson, Bogdan Savych
ISBN-10: 0833036726 (paper)
RAND, 2005

Reshaping Rogue States: Preemption, Regime Change, and US Policy toward Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
Alexander T. J. Lennon, Camille Eiss, editors
ISBN-10: 0262621908 (paper)
MIT Press, 2004
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The Road Ahead: Middle East Policy in the Bush Administration's Second Term
Flynt Leverett, editor
ISBN-10: 0815752059 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
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The Iraq War: A Military History
Williamson Murray, Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr.
ISBN-10: 0674012801 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0674019687 (paper)
Harvard University Press, 2003

From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security; 2nd edition
John P. Murtha
ISBN-10: 0271029285 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780271029283 (paper)
Penn State University Press, 2006
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Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire
Anne Norton
ISBN-10: 0300109733 (paper)
Yale University Press, 2005

Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era
Michael E. O'Hanlon
ISBN-10: 0815764677 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
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The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq
Brendan O'Leary, John McGarry, and Khaled Salih, editors author info
ISBN-10: 0812238702 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0812219732 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005
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Where Is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him?: America's Search for a Postconflict Stability Force
Robert M. Perito
ISBN-10: 192922351X (paper)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 2004

A Switch in Time: A New Strategy for America in Iraq
Kenneth M. Pollack author info
ISBN-10: 0815771517 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, 2006
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Developing Iraq’s Security Sector: The Coalition Provisional Authority’s Experience
Andrew Rathmell, Olga Oliker, Terrence K. Kelly, David Brannan, Keith Crane
ISBN-10: 0833038230 (paper)
RAND, 2005
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Behind the Invasion of Iraq
The Research Unit for Political Economy
ISBN-10: 1583670939 (paper)
New York University Press, distributed for Monthly Review Press, 2003

Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond: The U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War
Nicholas E. Reynolds
ISBN-10: 1591147174 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2005

The Right War?: The Conservative Debate on Iraq
Gary Rosen, editor
ISBN-10: 0521856817 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521856812 (cloth)
Cambridge University Press, 2005
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Ruff’s War: A Navy Nurse on the Frontline in Iraq
Cdr. Cheryl L. Ruff, Cdr. K. Sue Roper
ISBN-10: 1591147395 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2005

Security Sector Reform and Post Conflict Peace Building
Albrecht Schnabel, Hans-Georg Ehrhart, editors
ISBN-10: 9280811096 (paper)
United Nations University Press, 2006
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Insurgents, Terrorists, and Militias: The Warriors of Contemporary Combat
Richard H. Shultz Jr., Andrea Dew
ISBN-10: 0231129823 (cloth)
Columbia University Press, 2006
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Arms Control After Iraq: Normative and Operational Challenges
Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Ramesh Thakur , editors
ISBN-10: 9280811312 (paper)
United Nations University Press, 2006
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Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
P.W. Singer
ISBN-10: 0801489156 (paper)
Cornell University Press, 2004

Sister in the Band of Brothers: Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq
Katherine M. Skiba
ISBN-10: 070061382X (cloth)
University Press of Kansas, 2005
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Why War?: The Cultural Logic of Iraq, the Gulf War, and Suez
Philip Smith
ISBN-10: 0226763889 (cloth)
University of Chicago Press, 2005
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Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law after Military Interventions
Jane Stromseth, Rosa Brooks, and David Wippman
ISBN-10: 052186089X (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0521678013 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521860895 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521678018 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, August 2006
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The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional and Normative Challenges
Ramesh Thakur, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, editors
ISBN-10: 9280811282 (paper)
United Nations University Press, 2006
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Engineering Peace: The Military Role in Postconflict Reconstruction
Colonel Garland H. Williams
ISBN-10: 1929223579 (paper)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005

Thinking Beyond War: Why America Fails to Win the Peace
Lt. Col. Isaiah Wilson III
ISBN-10: 159114941X (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, June 2006

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Iraq’s History

     General
     From British Influence to Saddam
     The Caliphate and Ottoman Rule
     Ancient Mesopotamia

Iraq’s History: General

Turmoil in the Middle East: Imperialism, War, and Political Instability
Berch Berberoglu
ISBN-10: 0791444112 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0791444120 (paper)
SUNY Press, 1999
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Reclaiming a Plundered Past: Archaeology and Nation Building in Modern Iraq
Magnus T. Bernhardsson
ISBN-10: 0292709471 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780292709478 (cloth)
University of Texas Press, 2005
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Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair
Adeed Dawisha
ISBN-10: 0691102732 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0691122725 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 2002
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A History of the Arab Peoples, Second Edition
Albert Hourani, Malise Ruthven
ISBN-10: 0674010175 (cloth)
Harvard University Press, 2003
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Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America’s Perilous Path in the Middle East
Rashid Khalidi
ISBN-10: 0807002348 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0807002356 (paper)
Beacon Press, 2005
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Reaching For Power: The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World
Yitzhak Nakash author info
ISBN-10: 0691125295 (cloth)
Princeton University Press, February 2006
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Baghdad Sketches
Freya Stark
ISBN-10: 0810160234 (paper)
Northwestern University Press, 1992
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A History of Iraq: 2nd Edition
Charles Tripp
ISBN-10: 0521821487 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 052152900X (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521821483 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521529006 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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Iraq’s History: From British Influence to Saddam

Saddam's Word: Political Discourse in Iraq
Ofra Bengio author info
ISBN-10: 0195151852 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780195151855 (paper)
Oxford University Press, 2002
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Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age
Daniel Chirot
ISBN-10: 0691027773 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 1996
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Memories of State: Politics, History, and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq
Eric Davis
ISBN-10: 052023545 2 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0520235460 (paper)
University of California Press, 2005

Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation Building and a History Denied
Toby Dodge
ISBN-10: 0231131674 (paper)
Columbia University Press, 2005
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Iraq from Monarchy to Tyranny: From the Hashemites to the Rise of Saddam
Michael Eppel
ISBN-10: 0813027365 (cloth)
University Press of Florida, 2004
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Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914-1958
D. K. Fieldhouse
ISBN-10: 0199287376 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780199287376 (cloth)
Oxford University Press, 2006
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Rules and Rights in the Middle East: Democracy, Law, and Society
Ellis Goldberg, Resat Kasaba, Joel S. Migdal, editors
ISBN-10: 0295972874 (paper)
University of Washington Press, 1993
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The Making of Iraq, 1900-1963: Capital, Power, and Ideology
Samira Haj
ISBN-10: 0791432424 (paper)
SUNY Press, 1997
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Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq
Kanan Makiya
ISBN-10: 0520214390 (paper)
University of California Press, 1998
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Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq
Malik Mufti
ISBN-10: 0801431689 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, 1996

Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East: A Case Study of Iraq 1929-1941
Daniel Silverfarb, Majid Khadduri
ISBN-10: 0195039971 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780195039979 (cloth)
Oxford University Press, 1986
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The Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921
Reeva Spector Simon, Eleanor H. Tejirian, editors
ISBN-10: 023113293X (paper)
Columbia University Press, 2005
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Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny
Reeva Spector Simon
ISBN-10: 023113214X (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0231132158 (paper)
Columbia University Press, 2004

Iraq’s History: The Caliphate and Ottoman Rule

The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia, and the Gulf, 1745-1900
Hala Fattah
ISBN-10: 0791431142 (paper)
SUNY Press, 1997
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Mosul before Iraq: Like Bees Making Five-Sided Cells
Sarah D. Shields
ISBN-10: 0791444880 (paper)
SUNY Press, 2000
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Iraq’s History: Ancient Mesopotamia

The Final Sack of Nineveh
John Malcolm Russell
ISBN-10: 0300074182 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1998
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Civilization Before Greece and Rome
H. W. F. Saggs
ISBN-10: 0300050313 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1991

Ledgers and Prices: Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts
Daniel C. Snell
ISBN-10: 0300025173 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1982
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Life in the Ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E.
Daniel C. Snell
ISBN-10: 0300076665 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1997
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Iraq’s International Relations

     General
     The First Gulf War
     The Iran/Iraq War

Iraq’s International Relations: General

American Oil Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea
Gawdat Bahgat
ISBN-10: 0813026393 (cloth)
University Press of Florida, 2003

Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order
Michael Barnett
ISBN-10: 0231109180 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0231109199 (paper)
Columbia University Press, 1998
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Allies Divided: Transatlantic Policies for the Greater Middle East
Robert D. Blackwill, Michael Sturmer, editors
ISBN-10: 0262522446 (paper)
MIT Press, 1997

The Middle East Military Balance, 1999-2000
Shlomo Brom, Yiftah Shapir, editors
ISBN-10: 0262024780 (cloth)
MIT Press, 1999
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The Middle East Military Balance, 2001–2002
Shlomo Brom, Yiftah Shapir
ISBN-10: 0262062313 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780262062312 (cloth)
MIT Press, 2002
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Confronting Iraq: U.S. Policy and the Use of Force Since the Gulf War
Daniel L. Byman, Matthew Waxman
ISBN-10: 0833028138 (paper)
RAND, 2000
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The Persian Gulf in the Coming Decade: Trends, Threats, and Opportunities
Daniel L. Byman, John R. Wise
ISBN-10: 0833032062 (paper)
RAND, 2002

The New Sovereignty: Compliance with International Regulatory Agreements
Abram Chayes, Antonia Handler Chayes
ISBN-10: 0674617827 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0674617835 (paper)
Harvard University Press, 1998
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Crescent of Crisis: U.S.-European Strategy for the Greater Middle East
Ivo H. Daalder, Nicole Gnesotto, and Philip H. Gordon, editors
ISBN-10: 0815716907 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0815716893 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, 2005

Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping: The United Nations and the Mobilization of Ideology
Francois Debrix
ISBN-10: 0816632367 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0816632375 (paper)
University of Minnesota Press, 1999
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The Arab World After Desert Storm
Muhammad Faour
ISBN-10: 1878379313 (paper)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 1993

International Relations of the Middle East, New Edition
Louise Fawcett
ISBN-10: 0199269637 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780199269631 (paper)
Oxford University Press, 2005
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The Middle East Military Balance, 2000-2001
Shai Feldman, Yiftah Shapir, editors
ISBN-10: 0262062194 (cloth)
MIT Press, 2001
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Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle East
Shai Feldman
ISBN-10: 0262561085 (paper)
MIT Press, 1996
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Ally to Adversary: An Eyewitness Account of Iraq's Fall from Grace
Rick Francona author info
ISBN-10: 1557502811 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 1999
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Bridging the Gap: Theory and Practice in Foreign Policy
Alexander L. George
ISBN-10: 1878379224 (paper)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 1993

Oil in the New World Order
Kate Gillespie, Clement M. Henry
ISBN-10: 0813013674 (cloth)
University Press of Florida, 1995

The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology
Fred Halliday
ISBN-10: 0521597412 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521597418 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2005

Managing New Developments in the Gulf
Rosemary Hollis, editor
ISBN-10: 1862031037 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1862031126 (paper)
Brookings Institution Press, distributed for Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2001

Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
Peter R. Lavoy, Scott D. Sagan, and James D. Wirtz
ISBN-10: 0801487048 (paper)
Cornell University Press, 2000
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Why Syria Goes to War: Thirty Years of Confrontation
Fred H. Lawson
ISBN-10: 0801423732 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, 1996

Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat
Joshua Lederberg, editor
ISBN-10: 0262621282 (paper)
MIT Press, 1999

American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945
Douglas Little
ISBN-10: 0807855391 (paper)
University of North Carolina Press, 2004

Rogue States and U.S. Foreign Policy: Containment after the Cold War
Robert S. Litwak
ISBN-10: 0943875978 (paper)
Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2000

Voices of the New Arab Public: Iraq, al-Jazeera, and Middle East Politics Today
Marc Lynch
ISBN-10: 0231134487 (cloth)
Columbia University Press, February 2006
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Economic Warfare: Sanctions, Embargo Busting, and Their Human Cost
R. Thomas Naylor
ISBN-10: 1555535003 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 1555534996 (paper)
University Press of New England/Northeastern University Press, 2001

Rightsizing the State: The Politics of Moving Borders
Brendan O'Leary, Ian S. Lustick, and Thomas Callaghy, editors
ISBN-10: 0199244901 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780199244904 (cloth)
Oxford University Press, 2002
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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in the 1990s: Its Impact on Turkey and the Middle East
Robert Olson
ISBN-10: 0813108969 (paper)
University Press of Kentucky, 1996

Arabs at War, Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991
Kenneth M. Pollack author info
ISBN-10: 0803237332 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0803287836 (paper)
University of Nebraska Press, 1991
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Suits and Uniforms: Turkish Foreign Policy Since the Cold War
Philip Robins
ISBN-10: 0295982810 (paper)
University of Washington Press, 2003
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Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East: A Documentary Reader
Barry Rubin, Judith Colp Rubin
ISBN-10: 0195176596 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780195176599 (paper)
Oxford University Press, 2002
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Crude Awakenings: Global Oil Security and American Foreign Policy
Steve A. Yetiv
ISBN-10: 0801442680 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, 2004

Iraq’s International Relations: The First Gulf War

A Review of the Scientific Literature as it Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses: Volume 5: Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
William Augerson
ISBN-10: 0833026801 (paper)
RAND, 2000
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Military Persuasion: Deterrence and Provocation in Crisis and War
Stephen Cimbala
ISBN-10: 0271010061 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780271010069 (paper)
Penn State University Press, 1999

Shifting Lines in the Sand: Kuwait’s Elusive Frontier with Iraq
David H. Finnie
ISBN-10: 0674806395 (cloth)
Harvard University Press, 1992

The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991: Diplomacy and War in the New World Order
Lawrence Freedman, Efraim Karsh
ISBN-10: 0691037728 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 1995

The Middle East after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait
Robert O. Freedman
ISBN-10: 0813012147 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0813012155 (paper)
University Press of Florida, 1993

Desert Victory: The War for Kuwait
Norman Friedman author info
ISBN-10: 1557502544 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 1992
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The Continuing Storm: Iraq, Poisonous Weapons, and Deterrence
Avigdor Haselkorn
ISBN-10: 0300075820 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1999

Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf
Gary R. Hess
ISBN-10: 0801865166 (paper)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
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Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces
George F. Hofmann, Donn A. Starry, editors
ISBN-10: 0813121302 (cloth)
University Press of Kentucky, 1999
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Combined Arms Warfare In The Twentieth Century
Jonathan House
ISBN-10: 0700610812 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0700610987 (paper)
University Press of Kansas, 2001
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The Gulf War and the New World Order: International Relations of the Middle East
Tareq Y. Ismael, Jacqueline S. Ismael
ISBN-10: 0813012643 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0813012651 (paper)
University Press of Florida, 1994
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Revolution in Warfare: Air Power in the Persian Gulf
Thomas A. Keaney, Eliot Cohen
ISBN-10: 1557501319 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 1995
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War in the Gulf, 1990-91: The Iraq-Kuwait Conflict and its Implications
Majid Khadduri, Edmund Ghareeb
ISBN-10: 0195149793 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780195149791 (paper)
Oxford University Press, 2001
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America's Battalion: Marines in the First Gulf War
Otto J. Lehrack
ISBN-10: 0817314520 (cloth)
University of Alabama Press, 2005
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Saddam's War of Words: Politics, Religion, and the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
Jerry Mark Long
ISBN-10: 0292702647 (paper)
University of Texas Press, 2004
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Shield and Sword: The United States Navy in the Persian Gulf War
Edward J. Marolda author info
ISBN-10: 1557504857 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2001
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Tip of the Spear: U.S. Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War
G. J. Michaels
ISBN-10: 1557505993 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 1998
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Uncritical Theory: Postmodernism, Intellectuals, and the Gulf War
Christopher Norris
ISBN-10: 0870238175 (cloth)
University of Massachusetts Press, 1992
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America Recommitted: A Superpower Assesses Its Role in a Turbulent World (2nd edition)
Donald E. Nuechterlein
ISBN-10: 0813190053 (paper)
University Press of Kentucky, 2000

Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War
Robert A. Page
ISBN-10: 0801483115 (paper)
Cornell University Press, 1996

Dark Victory: America’s Second War Against Iraq
Jeffrey Record
ISBN-10: 1591147115 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2004

The Political Psychology of the Gulf War: Leaders, Publics, and the Process of Conflict
Stanley A. Renshon, editor
ISBN-10: 0822954958 (paper)
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993
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Special Operations Forces and Elusive Enemy Ground Targets: Lessons from Vietnam and the Persian Gulf War
William Rosenau
ISBN-10: 083303071X (paper)
RAND, 2001

Friendly Fire: The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq
Scott A. Snook
ISBN-10: 0691095183 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 2002

Hornets over Kuwait
Jay A. Stout author info
ISBN-10: 1557508356 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 1997
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Baghdad Express: A Gulf War Memoir
Joel Turnipseed author info
ISBN-10: 0873514505 (cloth)
Minnesota Historical Society Press/Borealis Books, 2003
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The Eyes of Orion: Five Tank Lieutenants in the Persian Gulf War
Alex Vernon, with Neal Creighton, Jr., Greg Downey, Rob Holmes, and Dave Trybula
ISBN-10: 0873386337 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0873387155 (paper)
Kent State University Press, 1999
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Iraq’s International Relations: The Iran/Iraq War

The United Nations, Iran, and Iraq: How Peacemaking Changed
Cameron R. Hume
ISBN-10: 0253328748 (cloth)
Indiana University Press, 1994

Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Updated Edition
Nikki R. Keddie, with a section by Yann Richard
ISBN-10: 0300121059 (paper)
Yale University Press, 2006
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Iranian Perspectives on the Iran-Iraq War
Farhang Rajaee
ISBN-10: 081301476X (cloth)
University Press of Florida, 1993
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The Iran-Iraq War: The Politics of Aggression
Farhang Rajaee
ISBN-10: 0813011760 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0813011779 (paper)
University Press of Florida, 1997
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My Life Is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing
Christoph Reuter
ISBN-10: 0691117594 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0691126151 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 2006
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Iraq’s Culture and Society

     The People of Iraq
     Religion
     Art, Literature, and Language

Iraq’s Culture and Society: The People of Iraq

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate
Leila Ahmed
ISBN-10: 0300055838 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1993

Shi’ism and Social Protest
Juan R. I. Cole, Nikki R. Keddie
ISBN-10: 0300035535 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1986
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The Anthropology of Iraq: The Upper Euphrates
Henry Field
ISBN-10: 0710309961 (cloth)
Columbia University Press, distributed for Kegan Paul, 2004
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The Tribes of the Marsh Arabs of Iraq: The World of Haji Rikkan
Fulunain
ISBN-10: 0710308493 (cloth)
Columbia University Press, distributed for Kegan Paul, 2003
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Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Gender
Nikki R. Keddie, Beth Baron, editors
ISBN-10: 0300056974 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1993

The Shi’is of Iraq
Yitzhak Nakash author info
ISBN-10: 0691115753 (paper)
Princeton University Press, 2003
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The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan
Anne Nivat
ISBN-10: 0807002402 (cloth)
Beacon Press, 2005
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The Last Jews in Baghdad: Remembering a Lost Homeland
Nissim Rejwan
ISBN-10: 0292702930 (cloth)
University of Texas Press, 2004
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The Kurdish Nationalist Movement: Opportunity, Mobilization and Identity
David Romano
ISBN-10: 0521684269 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521684262 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2006

Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies
Maya Shatzmiller
ISBN-10: 0773528474 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0773528482 (paper)
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005

The Tragedy of the Assyrian Minority in Iraq
R. S. Stafford
ISBN-10: 0710308930 (cloth)
Columbia University Press, distributed for Kegan Paul, 2003
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Iraq’s Culture and Society: Religion

Roman Catholics and Shi‘i Muslims: Prayer, Passion, and Politics
James A. Bill, John Alden Williams
ISBN-10: 0807826898 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0807854999 (paper)
University of North Carolina Press, 2003
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Islam: A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
Jonathan Bloom, Sheila Blair
ISBN-10: 0300094221 (paper)
Yale University Press, 2001

Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop
miriam cooke, Bruce B. Lawrence, editors
ISBN-10: 0807829234 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 080785588X (paper)
University of North Carolina Press, 2005
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Following Muhammad
Carl W. Ernst
ISBN-10: 0807828378 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0807855774 (paper)
University of North Carolina Press, 2004
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Islam and Social Policy
Stephen P. Heyneman, Editor
ISBN-10: 0826514464 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0826514472 (paper)
Vanderbilt University Press, 2004
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Shi‘i Scholars of Nineteenth-Century Iraq: The ‘Ulama’ of Najaf and Karbala’
Meir Litvak
ISBN-10: 0521892961 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521892964 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International
Chibli Mallat
ISBN-10: 0521531225 (paper)
ISBN-13: 9780521531221 (paper)
Cambridge University Press, 2004

An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi’ism
Moojan Momen
ISBN-10: 0300035314 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1987
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Islam and Revolution in the Middle East
Harry Munson, Jr.
ISBN-10: 0300046049 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1989

The Politics of Knowledge in Premodern Islam: Negotiating Ideology and Religious Inquiry
Omid Safi
ISBN-10: 0807829935 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0807856576 (paper)
University of North Carolina Press, 2006
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Radical Islam: Medieval Theology and Modern Politics
Emmanuel Sivan
ISBN-10: 0300049153 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1990

Iraq’s Culture and Society: Art, Literature, and Language

The Waiting List: An Iraqi Woman's Tales of Alienation
Daisy Al-Amir
ISBN-10: 0292790678 (paper)
University of Texas Press, 1994
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Love, Death, and Exile: Poems Translated from Arabic, Bilingual Edition
Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati, translated by Bassam K. Frangieh
ISBN-10: 1589010043 (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2004
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Scattered Crumbs: A Novel
Muhsin Al-Ramli
ISBN-10: 1557287503 (paper)
University of Arkansas Press, 2003
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Modern Iraqi Arabic: A Textbook (with 6 audio CDs)
Yasin M. Alkalesi
ISBN-10: 087840788X (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2001
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Ahlan wa Sahlan: Intermediate Arabic (Student Text) Functional Modern Standard Arabic for Intermediate Learners
Mahdi Alosh
ISBN-10: 0300103786 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2005

Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus
Joan Aruz, Ronald Wallenfel, editors
ISBN-10: 0300098839 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2003

Exile from Exile: Israeli Writers from Iraq
Nancy E. Berg
ISBN-10: 0791429806 (paper)
SUNY Press, 1996
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Reading Sumerian Poetry
Jeremy Black
ISBN-10: 0801435986 (cloth)
Cornell University Press, 1998
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The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250–1800
Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom
ISBN-10: 0300064659 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1996

Folktales from Iraq
Charles G. Campbell, editor and translator
ISBN-10: 0812219139 (paper)
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005
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Kurdish-English Dictionary
Michael L. Chyet, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz
ISBN-10: 0300091524 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2003

A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English-Arabic, Arabic-English
B.E. Clarity, Karl Stowasser, Ronald G. Wolfe, D.R. Woodhead, Wayne Beene, editors
ISBN-10: 0878401369 (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2004
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Placing the Poet: Badr Shakir al-Sayyab and Postcolonial Iraq
Terri DeYoung
ISBN-10: 0791437329 (paper)
SUNY Press, 1998
G

A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic with MP3 Audio Files
Wallace Erwin
ISBN-10: 1589010116 (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2004
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A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic
Wallace Erwin
ISBN-10: 1589010108 (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2004
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Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250
Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, and Marilyn Jenkins-Madina
ISBN-10: 0300088698 (paper)
Yale University Press, 2003

A Grammar of Classical Arabic, Third Revised Edition
Wolfdietrich Fischer, Translated from the German by Jonathan Rodgers
ISBN-10: 0300084374 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2001

Anthology of Arabic Literature, Culture, and Thought from Pre-Islamic Times to the Present
Bassam K. Frangieh
ISBN-10: 0300104936 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 2004

The Formation of Islamic Art, Revised and Enlarged
Oleg Grabar
ISBN-10: 0300040466 (paper)
Yale University Press, 1987

Nine Parts of Desire: A Play
Heather Raffo
ISBN-10: 0810123452 (paper)
Northwestern University Press, June 2006
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The Arabic Language and National Identity
Yasir Suleiman
ISBN-10: 0878403957 (paper)
Georgetown University Press, 2003
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The Transformation of Islamic Art during the Sunni Revival
Yasser Tabbaa
ISBN-10: 0295981253 (cloth)
ISBN-10: 0295981334 (paper)
University of Washington Press, 2001
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Elementary Arabic : An Integrated Approach: Student Workbook
Munther A. Younes, Illustrated by Micah Garen
ISBN-10: 0300060858 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1995

Intermediate Arabic : An Integrated Approach
Munther A. Younes, Illustrated by Micah Garen
ISBN-10: 0300072406 (cloth)
Yale University Press, 1998

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Pre-Invasion Issues

     Preventive Diplomacy
     Military Strategy

Pre-Invasion Issues: Preventive Diplomacy

Conflict Prevention: Path to Peace or Grand Illusion?
David Carment, Albrecht Schnabel, editors
ISBN-10: 9280810812 (paper)
United Nations University Press, 2003
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Building Sustainable Peace
W. Andy Knight, Tom Keating, editors
ISBN-10: 0888644140 (cloth)
University of Alberta Press and United Nations University Press, 2004
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War and Reconciliation: Reason and Emotion in Conflict Resolution
William J. Long, Peter Brecke
ISBN-10: 0262122545 (cloth)
MIT Press, 2003
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Preventing Violent Conflicts: A Strategy for Preventive Diplomacy
Michael Lund
ISBN-10: 1878379526 (paper)
United States Institute of Peace Press, 1996
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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: The Relevance of Realism
Robert J. Myers author info
ISBN-10: 0807123455 (cloth)
Louisiana State University Press, 1999
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Pre-Invasion Issues: Military Strategy

Seapower as Strategy: Navies and National Interests
Norman Friedman author info
ISBN-10: 1557502919 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2001
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Terrorism, Afghanistan, and America's New Way of War
Norman Friedman author info
ISBN-10: 1591142903 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2003
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How Effective Is Strategic Bombing? Lessons Learned from World War II to Kosovo
Gian P. Gentile
ISBN-10: 081473135X (cloth)
New York University Press, 2001

Stray Voltage: War in the Information Age
Wayne M. Hall author info
ISBN-10: 1591143500 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2003
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Victory In War: Principles of Contemporary Military Policy
William C. Martel
ISBN-10: 0521859565 (cloth)
ISBN-13: 9780521859561 (cloth)
Cambridge University Press, August 2006
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Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare
Michael R. Rip, James M. Hasik author info
ISBN-10: 1557509735 (cloth)
Naval Institute Press, 2001
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Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military
Stephen Peter Rosen
ISBN-10: 0801481961 (paper)
Cornell University Press, 1994
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Holding the Line: U.S. Defense Alternatives for the 21st Century
Cindy Williams, editor
ISBN-10: 0262731401 (paper)
MIT Press, 2001
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