The modern history of Iraq / Phebe Marr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marr, Phebe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq--History--1921-.

Iraq.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 483 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2012.

Summary:

Marr (a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Middle East Institute) has updated her single-volume treatment, aimed at the general reader, of the political, economic, and social history of Iraq so as to cover the momentous events that followed the US invasion and occupation. Her narrative is guided by four key themes: the creation and construction of a modern state and the search for a cultural and national identity capable of bringing together Iraq's various ethnic, religious, and social groups; the process of economic and social development; the development of political institutions and ideologies and their interrelationship with domestic society and the world outside Iraq; and foreign domination and the interaction of Iraq with the West, neighboring countries, and the global environment. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 The Land and People of Modern Iraq 3

2 The British Mandate, 1920-1932 21

3 The Erosion of the British Legacy, 1932-1945 37

4 The End of the Monarchy, 1946-1958 61

5 The Qasim Era, 1958-1963 81

6 The Arab Nationalists in Power, 1963-1968 113

7 The Era of Ba'th Party Rule, 1968-1979 137

8 The Saddam Husain Regime, 1979-1989 175

9 The Saddam Husain Regime, 1990-2003 213

10 The US Attempt at Nation-Building in Iraq, 2003-2006 257

11 The Stabilization of Iraq, 2007-2011 305

12 Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in Iraq, 2007-2011 355.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-464) and index.

ISBN:

9780813344430

0813344433

9780813345215

0813345219

OCLC:

639161346