My Memoirs : : Half a Century of the History of Iraq and the Arab Cause /

My Memoirs : : Half a Century of the History of Iraq and the Arab Cause / / Tawfiq al-Suwaydi, Antony T. Sullivan.

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These memoirs of the distinguished Iraqi statesman Tawfiq al-Suwaydi (1892-1968) evocatively recapture a now largely vanished Arab world--and are an eloquent reminder that Iraq was once a far more open and tolerant society than it is today. Al-Suwaydi served as Iraq's prime minister three times...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
VerfasserIn:
al-Suwaydi, Tawfiq,
Sullivan, Antony T.,
MitwirkendeR:
Allawi, Ali,
Beck al-Suwaydi, Spindrift,
Sullivan, Antony T.,
Suwaydi, Tawfiq al-,
Tawfiq al-Suwaydi, Luay,
TeilnehmendeR:
Roberts, Nancy.
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©2013
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (545 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Photographs
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • My Memoirs: Half a Century of the History of Iraq and the Arab Cause
  • Dedication
  • 1. My Upbringing
  • 2. In Public Life: The Literary Forum
  • 3. Iraq’s Independence: The Iraqi Congress
  • 4. Faisal in Iraq
  • 5. Democracy in Iraq
  • 6. Oil Concessions
  • 7. The Hashemite-Saudi Clash
  • 8. On Iraqi Politics
  • 9. My First Term as Prime Minister
  • 10. ‘Abd al-Muhsin al-Sa‘dun
  • 11. Nuri al-Sa‘id Enters the Scene
  • 12. Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran
  • 13. At the League of Nations
  • 14. The Ill-Fated Coups Begin
  • 15. Geneva, Paris, London, Ankara
  • 16. Events on the Brink of War
  • 17. At the London Conference on the Palestine Issue
  • 18. Unrest in Iraq
  • 19. The al-Gaylani Movement and Its Outcomes
  • 20. The Arab League
  • 21. My Second Term as Prime Minister
  • 22. The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1948
  • 23. My Third Term as Prime Minister
  • 24. The Era of King Faisal II
  • 25. The Baghdad Pact
  • 26. Nationalization of the Suez Canal
  • 27. A Hashemite-Saudi Rapprochement
  • 28. The Arab Union
  • 29. Iraq and Kuwait
  • 30. Iraq’s Catastrophe: July 14, 1958
  • 31. The View from Exile
  • 32. Conclusion
  • Index
  • About the Book

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