Iraq in turmoil : historical perspectives of Dr. Ali al-Wardi, from the Ottoman Empire to King Feisal / [compiled by] Youssef H. Aboul-Enein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Al-Wardī, ʻAlī, author.

Contributor:

Aboul-Enein, Youssef H., compiler.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turks--Iraq--History.

Turks.

Iraq--History--1534-1921.

Iraq.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a unique collection of essays highlighting Iraq's social, political and military history from a purely Iraqi perspective. Dr. Ali al-Wardi (1913-1995) attended the American University of Beirut in 1943 and then traveled to the United States to attain his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Sociology at the University of Texas in 1948 and 1950 respectively. He would return to Iraq and spend a career teaching, however his main legacy is a multi-volume work in Arabic that began to be published in late 1951 and ended in the early 1970s with his eighth book. It is a two decade work tha

Contents:

The early Ottoman and Safavid Persian period (fourteenth-eighteenth centuries)

Iraq and the region (1798-1872)

Iraq and the region (1865-1914)

Iraq, the region, and the globe (1914-1918) : World War I

Events leading to the outbreak of the 1920 revolt (1918-1920)

Further details of the 1920 revolt (1918-1921) : a seminal event of Iraqi nationalism

Towards the formation of the kingdom of Iraq (1920-1923)

Weakening Ottoman control of Arabia before World War I

Prince Feisal ibn Hussein (1918-1921) : from king of Syria to king of Iraq

The rise and fall of Hussein ibn Ali : king of the hijaz and sherief of Mecca

The rise of ibn Saud and decline of Hashemites in Arabia.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61251-100-7

OCLC:

811501473