In addition to imposing its interpretation of sharia, isil also began taxing the population and providing basic resources, including food, road improvements, and electricity. They also killed Yazidis, Christians, Sufis (mystical Muslims), and Sunnis who did not adhere to their radical form of Salafi Islam. isil forces slaughtered Shias by the thousands, accusing them of being apostates. Morality police, the Hizbah, began enforcing strict dress codes for women and men, outlawing smoking, and punishing the population for a range of minor offenses. On June 29 isil declared a caliphate in the territory it held in Syria and Iraq, allowing the leadership to impose what they claimed was the most complete and perfect form of Sharia law on the planet. The Iraqi government attempted to declare a state of emergency on June 10, but the parliament, with active dissent from Kurds and Sunnis, blocked the Shia- dominated executive branch from taking action and eventually forced the prime minster to resign. As isil forces advanced into the country, Iraqi security forces shed their uniforms and fled by the thousands those who did not escape were lined up and executed. On June 5, 2014, the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (isil) launched a major offensive into Iraq from neighboring Syria and captured Samarra, Mosul, and Tikrit within a matter of days. 215ġ BRINGING THE NATION BACK INTO NATION-BUILDING Hypothetical nation-building in Afghanistan. Coalition forces’ state-building efforts in Afghanistan. Coalition forces’ state-building efforts in Iraq. Combined state- and nation-building programs. Resources of national-unity building in Europe and the United States.
Ethnic, religious, and civic nationalism and national unity. A Program for Population-Centric State-Building and Nation-Building. Counterfactual State-Building and Nation-Building in Afghanistan. State-Building in Afghanistan, 2001–2016. Counterfactual State-Building and Nation-Building in Iraq. State-Building and Nation-Building in Europe and the United States. States, Nations, Nationalism, and National Unity. Bringing the Nation Back into Nation-Building. Army Lieutenant Colonel Todd Clark, and U.S. Thank you for all that you have taught me. Cuddy.įor my students at the Naval Postgraduate School. g74 2018 | ddc 956.7044/31- dc23 lc record available at Set in Scala OT by E. | United States-Foreign relations-Afghanistan. | Afghanistan-Foreign relations-United States. | Afghanistan- Politics and government-2001– | Iraq-Foreign relations-United States. | Iraq-Politics and government-2003– | Nation-building-Afghanistan. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: Lincoln: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Title: Building the nation: missed opportunities in Iraq and Afghanistan / Heather Selma Gregg. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gregg, Heather S., author. Manufactured in the United States of America. Potomac Books is an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press.
© 2018 by Heather Selma Gregg All rights reserved. Potomac Books An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press TablesChapter 1 Bringing the Nation Back into Nation BuildingChapter 2 States, Nations, Nationalism and National Unit圜hapter 3 State and Nation Building in Europe and the United StatesChapter 4 State Building Programs Post September 11thChapter 5 State Building in Iraq: 2003-2011Chapter 6 Counterfactual State and Nation Building in IraqChapter 7 State Building in Afghanistan: 2001-2015Chapter 8 Counterfactual State and Nation Building in AfghanistanChapter 9 A Program for Population Centric State and Nation BuildingNotesBibliography Citation previewīuilding THE Nation MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN H E AT H E R S E L M A G R EG G
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