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Iraq's armed forces : an analytical history / Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Sammy Salama.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Al-Marashi, Ibrahim, 1973-
- Series:
- Middle eastern military studies.
- Middle eastern military studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military art and science--Iraq.
- Military art and science.
- Iraq--Armed Forces--History.
- Iraq.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (268 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides the first comprehensive study of the evolution of the Iraqi military from the British mandate era to post-Baathist Iraq.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on transliteration; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Part I: The mandate army; Chapter 2: Creation, conscription and cohesion 1921–1936; Part II: Praetorian Iraq; Chapter 3: Iraq's military moderator regimes 1936–1941; Chapter 4: Dismantling the military moderator regime 1941–1958; Chapter 5: Military coups and the ruler regimes 1958–1968; Part III: The totalitarian military; Chapter 6: The Baathification of the military 1968–1980; Chapter 7: The totalitarian military and the Iran–Iraq War 1980–1984
- Chapter 8: The reassertion of the Iraqi officers 1984–1988Chapter 9: Wars, coups, sanctions and collapse 1988–2003; Part IV: The mandate army redux; Chapter 10: The US and the Iraqi Army; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-24032-5
- 1-134-14564-0
- 1-281-26045-2
- 9786611260453
- 0-203-92876-8
- 9780429240324
- OCLC:
- 476133372
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