Identity and Nation in Iraq / / Sherko Kirmanj.

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 Baat...

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