Bullets in Envelopes

Preface
Starting from the End: Returning to Iraq after a Decade in Exile
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Story of This Story
Questions and Contributions
Fieldwork and Research
Chapter-by-Chapter Summary

PART I
1. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Baʿath Era
The Conveniently Omitted Nuances of Iraq’s Story in Western
Discourse
A More Refined Understanding of the Iraqi Baʿath Era
2. The Baʿath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back
Communist Academics and the Baʿath
Curriculum, Fellowships, and Freedom of Expression
Women Academics under the Baʿath
Religion and Sectarianism under the Baʿath
3. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation
Documented Facts and Consequences of the UN Sanctions
Blockaded on Every Side
Women Academics during the Sanctions
Academic Voices Critiquing the Iraqi Regime

PART II
4. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement
Restructuring State and Society through Cultural and Academic Cleansing
Killings, Assassinations, and Threats as Cleansing
Sectarian Violence as Cleansing
“De-Baʿathification” as Cleansing
5. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University
Exile Starts at Home
Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Jordan
Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Iraqi
Kurdistan
The Campus as “Concentration Camp”
6. Language as a Metonym for Politics
The Politics of Language on Campus
The Social Implications
Do Sad Stories Ever End?
7. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future

Notes
Bibliography
Index