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ajiss-816	Marthinsen, Grant	Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State By Carter Malkasian (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. 280 pages.)	2018.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1226	33	46	His account of the events leading up to the Awakening and the battles fought during the event itself is an honest one, unafraid to call out the failings of Iraqis or their American counterparts, including his frequent mentioning of the fact that the local populace was particularly disapproving of the latter and that this had detrimental effects on intelligence gathering efforts con- ducted by American forces. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 35:1 While the work suffers a little on that front, its treatment of the tribes- men and Iraqi politicians involved in the Awakening movement, alongside American military leaders, is superb.	cache/ajiss-816.pdf	txt/ajiss-816.txt