Dispatches from Baghdad
Sectarian war in Iraq, 2006–2007
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279867 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Hunt (Regis College), E H Hunt (Regis College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 100-115 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2019.1626726 |
| OpenAlex | W2954741737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
When the dissident media group WikiLeaks published more than a quarter-million US diplomatic cables from 2010 to 2011, it included thousands of cables written by US diplomats involved in the War in Iraq (2003–2011). Although the scholarly literature covers many aspects of the war from the perspective of US officials, it has largely excluded the viewpoints captured by the WikiLeaks cables. In this article, I use the cables to reveal the thinking of US diplomats during one of the most violent phases of the war, the sectarian war, which peaked from 2006 to 2007. The cables document the sectarian cleansing of Baghdad from 2006 to 2007 and provide new information about the factors that caused the rise and fall of sectarian violence. The cables show that US actions contributed to the sectarian violence
Ancient history · Archaeology · Criminology · Iraq war · Media studies · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Viewpoints · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |