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Iraq : a political history from independence to occupation / Adeed Dawisha.
Author
Dawisha, A. I.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Description
377 pages ; 24 cm
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DS79 .D39 2011
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Iraq
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History
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1921-
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Iraq
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Politics and government
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1921-1958
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Iraq
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Politics and government
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1958-
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Summary note
"Dawisha traces the history of the Iraqi state from its inception in 1921 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and up to the present day. He demonstrates how from the very beginning Iraq's ruling elites sought to unify this ethnically diverse and politically explosive society by developing state governance, fostering democratic institutions, and forging a national identity. Dawisha, who was born and raised in Iraq, gives rare insight into this culturally rich but chronically divided nation, drawing on a wealth of Arabic and Western sources to describe the fortunes and calamities of a state that was assembled by the British in the wake of World War I and which today faces what may be the most serious threat to survival that it has ever known." "Iraq is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of what's going on in Iraq today, and why it has been so difficult to create a viable government there."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Consolidating the monarchical state, 1921-1936
Framing democracy with a certain indifference, 1921-1936
The uncertain nation, 1921-1936
Turbulence in governance, 1936-1958
Potholes in the democratic road, 1936-1958
Nationalism and the ethnosectarian divide, 1936-1958
The monarchy's political system, 1921-1958
The authoritarian republic, 1958-1968
The state rules without rules, 1968-2003
Politics in the new era, 2003-
W(h)ither Iraq?
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ISBN
9780691149943
0691149941
OCLC
679940583
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