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Index
Half title
Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
Title page
Imprints page
Epigraph
Contents
Prologue
Battle Scars
The Sociohistorical and Statistical Approach of this Book
1 The Reign of Terror
A Contentious Century
Creating a Republic of Fear
“So That No Living Soul Will Surviveâ€
Chemical Killing
Mass Atrocities Following the First Gulf War
Saddam’s Military Repression and Legal Authoritarianism
The Toll of Victimization
Victims and Perpetrators
Learning to Torture
Preemptive War and Humanitarian Intervention
Freedom from Planning and the Greater Threat
Demurring on Darfur and Invading Iraq
2 A Shadow of Hope
Mixed Signs
Anxiety and Ambivalence
The Face of the Invasion and Occupation
The Suit
Beginning to Measure the Social Consequences
Mixed Hopes
Baghdad after the Invasion
Hope Fades
A First Person Report
3 Judging Torture in Iraq
Rule of Law by Torture
An Unexpected Invitation
Testimonies of Torture Victims
The Torture Scandal
An Experiment Involving the Indeterminacy of Law
“Judges’ Schoolâ€
A Cynically Indeterminate Interpretation of Torture Law
Three Testable Hypotheses
The Experimental Vignettes
The Hypothetical Torture Cases
The Results
Interpreting the Judgments of Iraqi Judges
4 Night Falls on Baghdad
From Sunni- to Shia-Controlled Baghdad
Baghdad in Context
Night Draws Near
Organized, Opportunistic, and Coordinated Crime
The Shia–Sunni Conflict in Historical Context
Night Falls and Chaos Follows
The Battle for Baghdad
A Family Caught in the Spiral of Violence
Anticipation and Amplification of the Shia–Sunni Conflict
Modeling Ethnic Cleansing and Displacement in Baghdad
Anticipated Consequences in Baghdad
Anticipation and Amplification of Ethnic Cleansing
Contextualizing Fight and Flight
5 The Separate Peace of the Shia
Sectarian Separation
The Surge and the Counterinsurgency (COIN) Doctrine
Partitioning Iraq
An Endogenous and Exclusive Elite Bargain
U.S. Offensive Military Operations and Civilians
Unnecessary Attacks by U.S. Soldiers
Assessing Endogenous Conflict Hypotheses
Surveying Iraq during and after the Surge
Preliminary Findings about War Violence and Attacks on Civilians
The Separate Peace and Approval of Maliki
Surge and Separation
6 Legal Cynicism and Sunni Militancy
The End of an Interlude
Questions about the Sunni Awakening
Community Contexts of Sunni Insecurity
The Cultural Framing of Sunni Insecurity
Neutralizing and Accepting Sunni Reprisals against U.S./Coalition Forces
Modeling the Causes of Legal Cynicism and Sunni Militancy
Surveying Legal Cynicism in the U.S. and Arab Sunni Conflict
Sources of Legal Cynicism and Its Role in the U.S. and Arab Sunni Conflict
“Hearts and Minds†or “Buying Time�
Epilogue
Appendices
Chapter 2 Tables
Chapter 4 Tables
Chapter 5 Tables
Chapter 6 Tables
Notes
Prologue
3 Judging Torture in Iraq
4 Night Falls on Baghdad
5 The Separate Peace of the Shia
6 Legal Cynicism and Sunni Militancy
Bibliography
Index
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