What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq

by Nicola Pratt and Nadje Al-Ali

Book Overview

In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation-especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of the war zone with dire news of scarce resources, growing unemployment, violence, and seclusion. Moreover, the book exposes the gap between rhetoric that placed women center stage and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520265815
• ISBN13: 9780520265813
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"