Iraq : A Political History / Adeed Dawisha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawisha, A. I., author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc., Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq--Politics and government--1958-.

Iraq.

Iraq--Politics and government--1921-1958.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Edition:

With a New afterword by the author

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Originally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781400846238

1400846234

9781299160118

1299160115

OCLC:

832721746