Iraq : : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha.
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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Dawisha, Adeed, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Iraq : A Political History / Adeed Dawisha. With a New afterword by the author Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (408 p.) : 3 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy’S Political System, 1921–1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958–1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968–2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003– -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 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. Featuring Dawisha's insightful new afterword on recent political developments, 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023) HISTORY / Middle East / General. bisacsh American-led invasion. Arab Sunni. Arab nationalists. Ba'th Party. Ba'thist. Bakr Sidqi. Britain. Coalition Provisional Authority. George Bush. Iraq. Iraqi identity. Iraqi politicians. Iraqi state. King Faysal. Kurds. Mesopotamia. Parliament. Robert Dahl. Saddam Husayn. Saddamist era. Shi'ite. Turkomen. United Kingdom. United States. Yasin al-Hashimi. democracy. democratization. disparate communities. divided nation. ethno-sectarian division. martial law. military campaign. military coup. military government. monarchy. nation-building. nation-state. national identity. old politicians. political change. political development. political elite. political history. political order. sovereign state. sovereignty. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691157931 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400846238?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400846238 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400846238/original |
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Dawisha, Adeed, Dawisha, Adeed, Iraq : A Political History / Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy’S Political System, 1921–1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958–1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968–2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003– -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921–1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936–1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy’S Political System, 1921–1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958–1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968–2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003– -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index |
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