Chapter 1 1. Iraq on the Eve of World War I Chapter 2 2. Declarations of War against Turkey Chapter 3 3. British Invasion of Iraq and Capture of Basra and Shatt al Arab Chapter 4 4. Pause in British Advance and the Situation in Bagdad, January-April, 1915 Chapter 5 5. Defeat of Turkish Counter Offensive: Battles of Suez and Shaiba Chapter 6 6. British Capture of Amara, Nasiriya, and Kut al Amara Chapter 7 7. British Subjects in Iraq and Disturbances in Najaf and Kerbala Chapter 8 8. Tension in Bagdad and Measures against Christians and Jews Chapter 9 9. Battle of Ctesiphon: British Failure to Take Bagdad and Retreat to Kut Chapter 10 10. British Failure to Lift the Siege of Kut and its Surrender Chapter 11 11. British Occupation of South Persia, 1915 Chapter 12 12. Impact of Russian Campaign in Persia on the War in Iraq Chapter 13 13. Subjugation of the Tribes and Preparations for Renewed British Offensive Chapter 14 14. British Offensive and Capture of Bagdad Chapter 15 15. Spring 1917 Offensive and Expansion of the British Force Chapter 16 16. Final Year of War and Completion of British Occupation of Iraq Chapter 17 17. Onset of British Rule in Iraq Chapter 18 18. Iraq's Commercial Decline Chapter 19 19. The Toll from Disease.