Preface
Introduction
Compliance and resistance under autocracy
State- and nation-building in Iraq, 1973-1979
War burden and coalitional politics, 1980-1991
Political implications of economic embargo, 1991-2003
Collaboration and resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan
Political orientation and Ba'th Party participation
Rumors as resistance
Religion, identity, and contentious politics
Military service, militias, and coup attempts
Conclusion.