Eckart Woertz / Achim Rohde
Middle East Journal | 2024
Today, the United States’ invasion of Iraq in 2003 is widely regarded as a strategic failure that caused tremendous humanitarian suffering, especially in its aftermath. The memory of the Iraq invasion has long been dominated by “inside the Beltway” perspectives, often coloured by the views of erstwhile protagonists. The US was a major actor in these events, ones that had a considerable impact on its society and prompted soul-searching. Still, this impact pales in comparison to the trauma suffered by Iraqis themselves. Two decades later, a shift in memory culture towards the inclusion of more Iraqi voices and alternative research approaches is underway. This special issue seeks to give further room to this trend. It builds on a conference held at the GIGA in Hamburg in March 2023, in focusing on memory politics, cultural coping, and mechanisms of political conflict and conflict resolution.
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