Websites:
- BBC
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- Central Intelligence Agency: War on Terrorism
- Briefings on the broader issue of terrorism reflecting information from US intelligence sources.
- DefenseLINK: U.S. Department of Defense
- Where to find briefings for Defense Department reporters, both the daily questioning of US DOD officials and also very useful “background” briefings offered to reporters. Note: DOD is initially to control the occupation.
- Frontline: the Survival of Saddam
- Very useful multifaceted analysis of Saddam Hussein's ability to hold on to power—and Iraqi attitudes towards him.
- Iraq Update
- US State Department information website on Iraq under Saddam Hussein.
- Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
- Unclassified version of what weapons of mass destruction the US government believes Iraq currently possesses and is likely to possess in this decade; this, being the public net assessment (including dissent) of all components of the US intelligence community.
- National Security Emergencies
- Preparing for retaliatory attacks.
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Articles, Papers, Studies:
- America—Still Unprepared, Still in Danger
- By Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman, Co-Chairs
Council on Foreign Relations
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Guiding Principles for U.S. Post-Conflict Policy in Iraq
- By: Frank G. Wisner, Jr., Rachel Bronson, Edward P. Djerejian
- Islam: A Mosaic, Not a Monolith
- By VARTAN GREGORIAN
- Promoting Democracy in the Middle East: The Problem of US Credibility
- By MARINA OTTAWAY
- Terrorism and the War with Iraq
- By DANIEL BYMAN
Iraq Memo #12 (March 3, 2003)
Brookings Institution
Books:
- The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation's Odyssey (1998)
- By FOUAD AJAMI
How a generation of Arab intellectuals tried to introduce cultural renewals in their homelands—and the forces that defeated them from a knowledgeable and very influential scholar.
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- The Generals' War: The Inside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf (1995)
- By MICHAEL R. GORDON and BERNARD E. TRAINOR
The chief Pentagon correspondent for The New York Times a retired Marine Corps general have joined forces to provide the "inside story" of the allied side of the first gulf war. Used in Political Science 215.
- The Greatest Threat: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and the Crisis of Global Security (2000)
- By RICHARD BUTLER
The executive director of the UNSCOM mission describes its failure and the larger implications.
- A History of the Modern Middle East (2000)
- By WILLIAM L. CLEVELAND
Popular introduction.
- Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History (1998)
- By SUSAN MEISELAS
A profusely illustrated book on the Kurds serves as the family album of a stateless people.
- The Middle East: A History (1969 revised 2004)
- By SYDNEY NETTLETON FISHER
Very good introduction to Middle East history.
- The Outlaw State: Saddam Hussein's Quest for Power and the Gulf Crisis (1991)
- By ELAINE SCIOLINO
A reporter for The Times has written a popular history of the Iraqi state, the rise to power and methods of control of Saddam Hussein and the relations between the United States and Iraq.
- The Oxford History of Islam (1999)
- Edited by JOHN L. ESPOSITO
Comprehensive, first rate introduction to the second largest – and fastest growing religion—in the world. Includes chapters on Muhammad and his companions; Islamic art and architecture, European colonialism and the emergence of modern Muslim states. Unholy War by Esposito used in Political Science 210.
- Republic of Fear: The Inside Story of Saddam's Iraq (1990)
- By SAMIR AL-KHALIL
Samir al-Khalil's study of Iraqi politics is definitely required reading for anyone with a serious interest in Iraq or in the political dynamics of dictatorship.
- Science in Medieval Islam: An Illustrated Introduction
- By HOWARD R. TURNER
Insight into golden age of Islam. Accessible.
- The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq (2002)
- By KENNETH M. POLLACK
An experienced analyst sees no realistic alternative to removing Saddam Hussein, and not on the cheap either
