Summary of Barbara F. Walter's How Civil Wars Start

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Noor was a high school sophomore in Baghdad when U. S. forces invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003. She had seen her country’s leader, Saddam Hussein, condemn U. president George W. Bush on TV for threatening war, and she had heard her family talking around the dinner table about a possible American invasion. #2 When Saddam was captured, researchers did not celebrate. They knew that democratization, especially rapid