Iraq A Political History

Name: Iraq A Political History
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ISBN: 9780691157931

ISBN-10: 0691157936

ISBN-13: 9780691157931

Edition: 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Adeed Dawisha

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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 identity. Yet as Adeed Dawisha shows in this superb political history, the story of a fragile and socially fractured Iraq did not begin with the American-led invasion--it is as old as Iraq itself.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…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 4/7/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.254



Acknowledgments



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?


Notes


Bibliography


Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments


Index