Tareq Y. Ismael is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, CanadaJacqueline S. Ismael is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, Canada

• Preface 1. Introduction: Iraqi’ Ruination – The Humanitarian Costs of an Imposed State Part 1: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the State 2. Whither Iraq? Beyond Saddam, Sanctions and the Occupation 3. Killing the State and Undermining the Nation 4. The Sectarian State in Iraq and the New Political Class 5. The Hallmark of the New State: Political Corruption Part 2: People in the Quagmire 6. Children of the Occupation: A Decade after the Invasion 7. Iraqi Women under Occupation: From Tribalism to Neo-feudalism 8. Iraq in the 21st Century: Retrospect and Prospect Epilogue

Tareq Y. Ismael is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, CanadaJacqueline S. Ismael is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, Canada

• Preface 1. Introduction: Iraqi’ Ruination – The Humanitarian Costs of an Imposed State Part 1: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the State 2. Whither Iraq? Beyond Saddam, Sanctions and the Occupation 3. Killing the State and Undermining the Nation 4. The Sectarian State in Iraq and the New Political Class 5. The Hallmark of the New State: Political Corruption Part 2: People in the Quagmire 6. Children of the Occupation: A Decade after the Invasion 7. Iraqi Women under Occupation: From Tribalism to Neo-feudalism 8. Iraq in the 21st Century: Retrospect and Prospect Epilogue

Tareq Y. Ismael is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary, CanadaJacqueline S. Ismael is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, Canada

• Preface 1. Introduction: Iraqi’ Ruination – The Humanitarian Costs of an Imposed State Part 1: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the State 2. Whither Iraq? Beyond Saddam, Sanctions and the Occupation 3. Killing the State and Undermining the Nation 4. The Sectarian State in Iraq and the New Political Class 5. The Hallmark of the New State: Political Corruption Part 2: People in the Quagmire 6. Children of the Occupation: A Decade after the Invasion 7. Iraqi Women under Occupation: From Tribalism to Neo-feudalism 8. Iraq in the 21st Century: Retrospect and Prospect Epilogue