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ENDURING FAILURES:A BORDERLANDS HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH

Tait, Terry Thomas
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1696-1730
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556810289076362

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2019, Master of Arts, Miami University, History.
This thesis places the Iraq War and its aftermath (2003-2014) within the framework of borderlands scholarship. The interdisciplinary approach used in this work makes new connections between borderlands history, particularly in the context of North America, and places it within the context of the modern Middle East. By expanding upon abstract notions ofpower in the frontier, this work explores the different perspectives, experiences, and goals of Iraq’s tribal community in al-Anbar Province, the U.S.-led Coalition, and al-Qaʿida in Iraq and its successor organizations to argue that these groups failed to fill the vacuum of authority thatemerged in Iraq after 2003 with their own respective visions for the country’s future. This workutilizes Richard Whites concept of “the middle ground” to explore how these groups negotiatedand competed with one another for hegemony, creating the political realities of post-2003 Iraq.
Matthew Gordon (Advisor)
Nathan French (Committee Member)
Amanda McVety (Committee Member)
Andrew Offenburger (Committee Member)
131 p.
History; Middle Eastern History
Iraq War; Borderlands History; Iraqi Tribes; al-Qaeda; ISIS; Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; Neoconservatism

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  • Tait, T. T. (2019). ENDURING FAILURES:A BORDERLANDS HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556810289076362

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tait, Terry. ENDURING FAILURES:A BORDERLANDS HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH. 2019. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556810289076362.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tait, Terry. "ENDURING FAILURES:A BORDERLANDS HISTORY OF THE IRAQ WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1556810289076362

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