Table of Contents: “…pt. 2 -- The faithful Brethren of Basra :…”

Table of Contents: “…From Venice to Aleppo -- From Aleppo to Basra -- Basra, the Gulf, the Arabian Sea, India -- Iran -- From Iran to Venice.…”

Table of Contents: “…The setting of an Ottoman province -- The issue of reform -- The sultan's officials -- The vilayet of Baghdad -- The vilayet of Mosul -- The vilayet of Basra -- Tribal problems -- The vilayet of Mosul -- The vilayet of Baghdad -- The vilayet of Basra -- The Shii problem -- The British danger.…”
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Table of Contents: “…Basra. Into Mesopotamia -- 'An unexpected stroke' -- Turks and Indians -- Basra -- 'Conciliating the Arabs' -- Qurna -- 'Morally responsible to humanity and to civilization' -- 'One of the decisive battles of the world' -- Townshend's regatta -- Up the Euphrates -- To Kut -- Kut. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Untangling the British counterinsurgency legacy -- The British in Basra: with heads held high into the abyss -- Act II: British counterinsurgency in Helmand -- "A horse and tank moment" -- Whither British counterinsurgency?…”
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Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- The theory of the fall guy -- Evading accountability -- Amritsar -- Dresden -- Londonderry -- Beirut -- Baghdad -- Baghdad to Basra -- A tale of a few cities: better leaders, better institutions, or a better audience?.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The Quarter Horse to 1990 -- Preparation -- Deployment -- The port -- Operations in the TAA -- Security operations -- Combat Command Carter -- Task force iron -- Final preparations -- The breach -- Objective Norfolk -- The Basra highway -- Safwan -- Recovery -- Postwar operations -- Coming home.…”
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Table of Contents: “…A soldier's Arabic -- 1: The Baghdad zoo -- Hwy I -- In the Leupold scope -- The Al Harishma weapons market -- What every soldier should know -- The hurt locker -- Observations post #71 -- Here, Bullet -- Body bags -- AB negative (the surgeon's poem) -- Two stories down -- Ashbah -- Into the elephant grass -- Eulogy -- 2: Kirkuk oilfield, 1927 -- Trowel -- Where the telemetries end -- Autopsy -- Repatriation day -- Najaf, 1820 -- For vultures: a dystopia -- 16 Iraqi policemen -- Dreams from the malaria pills (barefoot) -- Katyusha rockets -- R & R -- Dreams from the malaria pills (Bosch) -- How bright it is -- 3: Alhazen of Basra -- Easel -- Observation post #798 -- 2000 lbs. -- Dreams from the malaria pills (Turner) -- Curfew -- 4: Mihrab -- Milh -- Gilgamesh, in fossil relief -- Tigris river blues -- Ferris wheel -- Sadiq -- Jameel -- Last night's dream -- Cole's guitar -- 9-line medevac -- Night in blue -- Caravan -- To sand.…”

Table of Contents: “…Greydanus -- Quality of life issues in children and adolescents with dermatological conditions and their wider impact on the family and society / Mohammad Khurshid Azam Basra -- Atopic dermatitis : a psychocutaneous review / Ruqiya Shama Tareen -- Psoriasis and children : a psychological approach / Sandra Ros and Eulalia Baselga -- The acnes : acne vulgaris, acne rosacea, and acne excoriée / Donald E. …”
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