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a saban center at the brookings institution bookOriginally released as Analysis Paper 11, January 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication dataByman, Daniel, 1967

Things fall apart : containing the spillover from an Iraqi civil war / Daniel L. Byman,Kenneth M. Pollack.

p. cm.Originally released as Analysis Paper 11, January 2007T.p. verso.Summary: Studies the history of recent civil wars to derive lessons regarding the

impact of full-scale civil wars on the security, prosperity, and national interests ofother states. Proposes recommendations for the United States as it confronts the pos-sibility of a similar conflict in Iraq and its spillover into the regionProvided bypublisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-1379-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)ISBN-10: 0-8157-1379-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Iraq War, 2003 2. Civil warIraq. 3. Civil war 4. Peace-building. I. Pollack,Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966 II. Title.

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