Preface -- Introduction : Iraqi ruination : the humanitarian costs of an imposed state -- Whither Iraq? : beyond Saddam, sanctions and the occupation -- Killing the state and undermining the nation -- The sectarian state in Iraq and the new political class -- The hallmark of the new state : political corruption -- Children of the occupation : a decade after the invasion -- Iraqi women under occupation : from tribalism to neo-feudalism -- Iraq in the 21st century : retrospect and prospect -- Epilogue.