Muqtada : Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia revival, and the struggle for Iraq / Patrick Cockburn.
Cockburn, Patrick, 1950-
2008
DS79.66.S225 C63 2008 (Mapit)
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Title Muqtada : Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia revival, and the struggle for Iraq / Patrick Cockburn.
Author Cockburn, Patrick, 1950-
Edition 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
ISBN 9781416551478
1416551476
Publication Details New York : Scribner, 2008.
Language English
Description 226 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS79.66.S225 C63 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 956.7044092
B
Summary A portrait of the formidable Shiite figure who has been predicted to be a future leader in Iraq, this book describes his rise from a resistance fighter, the assassinations of his family members, and his frequent confrontations with the American military.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.
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The road to Kufa
The Shia of Iraq
The first martyr
An eight-year whirlwind
The Shia rise up
Saddam's revenge
The White Lion
A second assassination
Muqtada survives
Murder in the shrine
Seizing the moment
The siege of Najaf
A turn to politics
The Battle of Baghdad
The surge
The disintegration of Iraq.

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