From desolation to reconstruction : Iraq's troubled journey / Mokhtar Lamani and Bessma Momani, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction -- 2 Iraq under Siege: Politics, Society and Economy, 1990-2003 -- 3 Inching Forward: Iraqi Federalism at Year Four -- 4 The Struggle for Autonomy and Decentralization: Iraqi Kurdistan -- 5 Armed Forces Based in Iraqi Kurdistan: A Lens to Understand the Post-Saddam Era -- 6 The Extinction of Iraqi Minorities: Challenge or Catastrophe? -- 7 Iraq's Economy and Its Brain Drain after the 2003 Invasion -- 8 IRFFI: A Multi-Donor Initiative -- 9 Iraq's Tangled Web of Debt Restructuring -- 10 The Iraq War and (Non) Democratization in the Arab World -- 11 Debating the Issues: A Roundtable Report -- 12 Reinventing Iraq: Binding the Wounds, Reconstructing a Nation.

Iraq's streets are unsafe, its people tormented, and its identity as a state challenged from within and without. For some, Iraq is synonymous with internal hatred, bloodshed, and sectarianism. The contributors to this book, however, know another Iraq: a country that was once full of hope and achievement and that boasted one of the most educated workforces in its region-a cosmopolitan secular society with a great tradition of artisans, poets, and intellectuals. The memory of that Iraq inspired the editors of this volume to explore Iraq's current struggle. The contributors delve into the issues.

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