MAPS

SELECTED EMPIRES

Ottoman Empire (1299-1923) (Wikipdia)
Mughal (Mogul) Empire (1526-1857) (Wikipdia)
Safavid (Empire) (1501-1736)
British Empire (1485-1997)
BBC.co.uk/history
Kenneth Moran “Trade and the British Empire: A Symbiotic Relationship
US Empire

VIETNAM

The Fog of War - Video

EMPIRE FAILS"Ahmed Rashid. 2003. Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia. Penguin Books. Chapter 1 (fall of Soviet Empire into chaos)

RESURRECTING EMPIRE

Rashid Khalidi. 2004. Resurrecting Empire. Various Chapters (e-reserve)

IRAQ AND EMPIRE?
Downing Street Memo—The Secret Way to War, Mark Danner, New York Review of Books, June, 9, 2005, PP 68071

MERCINARIES:
Daniel Bergner. 2005 NYT 8.14.05 “The Other Army.”
Peter W. Singer “Outsourcing War” Foreign Affaors, March 1, 2005

Gaza Strip NYT week in review p 14 8.7.05Danica Kirka. 3005. The Daily Item/Sunday, July 24,. “Iraq has been an absolute gift to al-Quida.”

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