Identity and Nation in Iraq / / Sherko Kirmanj.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Kirmanj, Sherko,
• MitwirkendeR: O’Leary, Brendan,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)

Sherko Kirmanj offers a balanced, critical analysis of the evolution of Iraqi national identity and the process of national integration, tracing a history of antagonisms and violence that began with the creation of the state in 1921. Challenging approaches that variously blame the legacy of the Baathist regime or the US invasion for the sectarian violence that plagues Iraq, Kirmanj delves into the political and social dynamics involved across the decades. His focus is on the enduring conflicts between Iraq's Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds—and on the challenges of forging a nation when the groups involved share no collective identity or attachment to a single homeland.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword: In Sami Abdul Rahman Park -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Context of Identity in Iraq -- 2 The Formation of Iraq -- 3 Faisal and the Dream of a Nation -- 4 The Emergence of National Integration -- 5 The Failure of National Integration -- 6 The Process of National Disintegration -- 7 A Disintegrated Nation -- 8 The US Invasion: Opening Pandora’s Box -- 9 The Paradoxes of Nation Formation in Iraq -- Appendixes -- 1 The Destruction of Kurdistan, 1963–1987 -- 2 The January 2005 Parliamentary Election Results -- 3 The August 2005 Constitutional Referendum Results -- 4 The December 2005 Parliamentary Election Results -- 5 Civilian Deaths from Violence in Iraq, 2003–2012 -- 6 Average Deaths per Day from Bombs and Gunfire/Executions -- 7 The March 2010 Paliamentary Election Results -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- About the Book