Development, Counterinsurgency, and the Destruction of the Iraqi Marshes

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 447-466

  Ahram, Ariel I ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; GOVERNMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; MARSH; WAR;

IRAQ;

EID: 84938327733     PISSN: 00207438     EISSN: 14716380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0020743815000495     Document Type: Review

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