Iraq : a political history / Adeed Dawisha, with a new afterword by the author.

Iraq : a political history /

With each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identit...

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Main Author: Dawisha, A. I.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edition:[2013 ed.].
Subjects:
Iraq > History > 1921-
Iraq > Politics and government > 1921-1958.
Iraq > Politics and government > 1958-
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936; CHAPTER THREE: Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FOUR: The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936; CHAPTER FIVE: Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SIX: Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958; CHAPTER SEVEN: Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Monarchy's Political System, 1921-1958; CHAPTER NINE: The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968.
  • CHAPTER TEN: The State Rules without Rules, 1968-2003CHAPTER ELEVEN: Politics in the New Era, 2003-; CHAPTER TWELVE: W(h)ither Iraq?; Notes; Bibliography; Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments; Index.

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