The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait : religion, identity, and otherness in the analysis of war and conflict / Hamdi A. Hassan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Hamdi A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian Gulf War, 1991.

Panarabism.

Persian Gulf Region--Politics and government.

Persian Gulf Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Broadens current debates on the future of Islamic societies.' Middle East Focusing on the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Hamdi Hassan offers a balanced examination of the motivation of the Iraqi polity and the conditions which accelerated and facilitated the decision to invade. Critical of the traditional approach of most Middle East studies, The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait offers a counterpoint to Western interpretations of this key event in the contemporary history of the Middle East.Hassan examines how Saddam Hussein assessed and responded to American and Israeli intentions after the invasion, the reaction of other Arab states, and the unprecedented grassroots support for the Iraqi leadership. In this context, the author examines the social structure of Iraqi society - families, clans and regional alliances - and the importance of Ba'athism. Hassan also examines the political structure of the country, relating the identity of Arabism - the religion and language which is associated closely with the Pan Arabist ideals - to Iraqi foreign policy.'If you're not satisfied with the mainstream western press's explanation of Saddam Hussein's behaviour or why he's still in power, then read this book... A powerful antidote to the uninformed, prejuding drivel that is the standard western media fare.' Spectre

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1 UNDERSTANDING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT

INTRODUCTION

THE REALIST PERSPECTIVE

THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

THE REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

2 THE REALIST PERSPECTIVE

THE REALIST PERSPECTIVE:A THEORETICAL OUTLINE

IRAQ 'S ASSESSMENT WHEN INVADING KUWAIT

AMERICAN -IRAQI RELATIONS 1984 -90

3 THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE:A THEORETICAL OUTLINE

THE OVERLAPPING OF IDENTITIES

THE DOMESTIC SOURCES OF THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT

THE GENEALOGY OF THE POLITICAL ELITES IN THE ARAB WORLD

THE QUESTION OF MITIGATING IRAQ 'S ECONOMIC NEEDS

4 THE REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

THE REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE:A THEORETICAL OUTLINE

ISLAM AND ARABISM:THE GENEALOGY OF A DISCURSIVE REGIME

THE ARABIC POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND THE INVASION OF KUWAIT

EPILOGUE

APPENDIX: WRITING TO UNDERSTAND OR MAPPING TO CONQUER: DE/ CONSTRUCTING THE MYTH OF HOMO ARABICUS

NOTES

CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT

CHAPTER 2:THE REALIST PERSPECTIVE

CHAPTER 3: THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

CHAPTER 4: THE REFLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

APPENDIX: WRITING TO UNDERSTAND OR MAPPING TO CONQUER

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Abbasi, Sheikh Madani

175

232n

Abdu, Mohammad

122

Abu Deeb, Kamal

128

204

Abu Jabber, Kamal 128

Abu Jahl 242-3n

Abu Khalil, Assad 198

Abu Nasser clan

23

85

86

96-7

Abu Zaid, Nasr Hamed 151

Abu Zant, Sheikh al-Mun'im 174-5

Abu-Hanifa 234n

Aflaq, M.

Aflaq, M 85

Aflaq, M 122

Aflaq, M 123

Aflaq, M 133

Ajami, Fouad 224n

al-'Azm, S. 239n

al-Afaghani, Jamal ad-Din

232

al-Amara 107

al-Bakr, Ahmed Hassan

97-8

al-Bashir, Omar 132

al-Bayati, Abdul Wahab 26.

al-Bazzaz, [Abd al-Rahman] 122

al-Bitar, N.

al-Bitar, N 122

al-Bitar, N 239n

al-Bukhari 234n

al-Din, Khayr 232n

al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya 176

al-Halaj, M. 233n

al-Husari, Sati'

219n

al-Husseini, Sheikh Amin 170

al-Jabiri, Muhammad Abid

168

al-Jawaheri, Mohammad 26

al-Jeelani, A. 233n

al-Keelani, Rashid Aali 170

al-Khalifa family 96

Al-Khalil, Samir

84

87-8

101

124

138-9

247n

al-Khateeb, Ahmad 155

al-Maguid family 97

al-Malaeka, Nazik 26

al-Mawardi 141

al-Mulk, Nizam 141

al-Nahyan family 96

al-Qaddumi, Farooq

167

al-Sa'dawi, Nawal 168

al-Saadun, Ahmad 155

al-Sabah family

24-5

75

96

145

182

al-Sabah, Jaber al-Ahmed, Amir of Kuwait

al-Sabah, Jaber al-Ahmed, Amir of Kuwait 7

al-Sabah, Jaber al-Ahmed, Amir of Kuwait 141

al-Sabah, Mubarak 223n

al-Sabah, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad 111

al-Sadat, Anwar

26

166

176

217n

218n

242n

al-Said, Nuri 202n

al-Samaraai, Wafeeq 100

al-Sayab, Badr Shakir 26

al-Shafi'i 234n

al-Tahtawi, R. 239-40n

al-Tamimi, Sheikh Asaad 174

al-Thani family 96

al-uja 97

al-Wardi, Ali 220

Alawites, Syria

227n

Algeria

52

135

163

Algerian Islamic Salvation Front [FIS] 175

Ali, Fourth Caliph 142

Allah

119-20

138

140

141

173

174

206n

214n

216n

Islamic concept of 233n

Allison, G.T.

Allison, G.T 6

Allison, G.T 20

Allison, G.T 91

Allison, G.T 185

Allison, G.T 203-4n

Amnesty International 176

anarchy

15

16

17

Anderson, B.

Anderson, B 68-9

Anderson, B 70

Anderson, B 74

Anderson, B 135

Anderson, B 187

Anderson, B 219-20n

anti-Americanism

165-6

169-70

anti-Semitism 149-51.

Arab Cooperation Council [ACC summit 1990]

24

165

196

Arab leaders/regimes

61-2

89-92

188

219-20n

and Arab unity 70

and Arab unity 83

pan-Arab support 8-9

role conflict 28-30

role conflict 35

strategies 80-1

support from population 65

support from population 81

Arab League

44

65

160

162

Arab states

division 37-8

and the people 83

foreign policy 22-7

foreign policy 30

foreign policy 31-2

foreign policy 61

history of 63-7

history of 120

maltreatment of citizens 88

maltreatment of citizens 222n

modernization 95

political structure 56

relations with West 163

solidarity 10

solidarity 30

solidarity 52

solidarity 135

Arab world

12

64

117

and common wealth 112

and common wealth 155

and national interest 20

and national interest 28

and national interest 82

blood kinship 92-6

blood kinship 233-4n

hereditary nobility 93

linguistic unity 70

linguistic unity 152

national identity 69-70

national identity 113-14

national identity 188

negative community 146

patriarchal society 91

patriarchal society 141

political institutions 66

rich and poor 6

rich and poor 25

rich and poor 33

rich and poor 155-7

social values 59

social values 60

Western influence 61

Arab-Israeli conflict

10

34

Arabhood

152

Arabic Renaissance [nahda] 68

Arabism

2

5-6

69

71

90

and Islam 5

and Islam 9-12

and Islam 28

and Islam 118-30

and Islam 132

and Islam 137

and Islam 188-9

and national interests 23-4

and national interests 28

and national interests 114

and national interests 219n

and Others 137

and Others 148-54

and Others 191.

and statesovereignty 23

and statesovereignty 30

and statesovereignty 32

and statesovereignty 35

and statesovereignty 115

and statesovereignty 137-48

as collective identity 8-9

as collective identity 117

as collective identity 122

as collective identity 138

as collective identity 146

as collective identity 216-17n

as collective identity 219n

cultural capital 126-7

cultural capital 135-6

vs. Arab state 67-71

Arabs

66-7

137

Areba Arabs 236n

grass-roots 2

grass-roots 52

grass-roots 159-64

mainstream 164-73

musta'aribah [Arabized Arabs] 236n

politicization of 64-5

Arafat, Yassir

132

161-2

Ardd-u-Allah [Allah's land] 142

Arefs brothers 97

Arendt, H.

222n

225n

worldlessness, concept of 218n

as-Suwairah 97

asabiyya

92

93-4

Assad, Hafez President

133

authoritarian regimes

58

87

98-102

and passive population 64-5

and passive population 139

foreign policy 7-8

foreign policy 55

foreign policy 77

political tradition 138-9

Aziz, Tariq

102

228n

229n

246n

Ba'ath regime

29

39

57

82

85-8

202n

235n

alienation from Iraqi society 78

alienation from Iraqi society 87

and economy 109

and integrity of State 73

and kinship 97

and Kuwait invasion 8

and Kuwait invasion 81

and Westerntolerance 49

despotism 56

despotism 72

despotism 74

despotism 85

illegitimate 83-4

popularity of 153

Baghdad 73

baghi 175

Bahrain 96

Ball, Nicole

106

Barakat, Halim 91

Barnett, M.

Barnett, M 28

Barnett, M 82

Basra

73

107

Batatu, Hanna

248n

Bazoft, Ferzad

49

80

213n.

Be'eri, E. 220-1n

Beblawi, H. 80

Beg, Aslam 207n

Beg, Sabih 143-4

Belhadj, Ali 175

Ben Ali, Z. 163

Benn, Tony [British MP] 205n

Boughaiba, H. 163

Bourdieu, P.

Bourdieu, P 131

Bourdieu, P 135

Bourdieu, P 214-15n

Bourdieu, P 234-5n

Bourdieu, P 237-8n

brinkmanship 78

Brown, Carl L. 41

Bubiyan

22

111

Buchanan, P. 212n

Bull, Hedley 16

Bush, George

41

43-4

50

164

195

Butler, Richard 1

Buzan, Barry 45-6

Caliph Othman 238n

Caliphate

139

Ceausescu, N 243n

Chirot, D. 81-2

Chomsky, N. 200n

Christianity

natural law 16

tradition demythologized 118

CIA, warnings ignored 44

clans 84-5

Conrad, J.[Heart of Darkness] 200n

constructive engagement

43

coups d'etat 66

Cox, R. 184

Cox, Sir Percy 143-5

Crusaders

177

culture

236

and institutions 58-9

role of 126-7

role of 215-16n

role of 224n

d'Amato, Alfonso 162

Damascus 164

Dar-il-islam 120

Dawisha, A.

Dawisha, A 79

Dawisha, A 91

dawla 141-2

decision-makers

6-7

19-20

and force 79

and knowledge 17

and knowledge 31-2

and knowledge 53-4

and territorial disputes 147

and war 54

domestic dynamics 183-4

organizational process model 20-1

rational actor model 20

rational actor model 58

rational actor model 184

rational actor model 185

decision-making

and collective myth 122

and institutionalized beliefs 55-6

and institutionalized beliefs 57-8

and institutionalized beliefs 61

and kinships networks 101-2

and perceptions 115

and perceptions 179-80

and perceptions 185-6

foreign policy 62

foreign policy 118

foreign policy 147-8

foreign policy 181-3

definition of 235-6n.

Dessouki, A.E.H.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-271) and index.

ISBN:

9781849640374

1849640378

9780585426341

0585426341

OCLC:

923329706