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Iraq

a political history
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Dawisha, Adeed
Verfasser*innenangabe: Adeed Dawisha. With a new afterword by the author
Jahr: 2013
Verlag: Princeton, NJ [u.a.], Princeton University Press
Mediengruppe: Buch
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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. (British Library)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Acknowledgments pix / Introduction p1 / Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 p8 / Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 p40 / The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 p67 / Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 p92 / Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 p120 / Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 p136 / The Monarchy's Political System, 1921-1958 p148 / The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 p171 / The State Rules without Rules, 1968-2003 p209 / Politics in the New Era, 2003- p242 / W(h)ither Iraq? p275 / Notes p291 / Bibliography p343 / Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments p359 / Index p375 / Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.RBowkerUsed with permission.
 
 
 
 

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Dawisha, Adeed
Verfasser*innenangabe: Adeed Dawisha. With a new afterword by the author
Jahr: 2013
Verlag: Princeton, NJ [u.a.], Princeton University Press
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ISBN: 978-0-691-15793-1
2. ISBN: 0-691-15793-6
Beschreibung: 393 S.
Schlagwörter: Geschichte, Irak, Landesgeschichte, Ortsgeschichte, Regionalgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte
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Sprache: Englisch
Fußnote: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index.
Mediengruppe: Buch