| Description |
xv, 262 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Hot spots in global politics |
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Hot spots in global politics.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Artificiality, Identity, Dictatorship, and State-Building -- Four Key Debates -- Analytical Theme -- Book Outline -- Chapter 1: Legacies of Civilizations and Empires Ancient Civilizations -- The Islamic Conquest -- The Ottoman Empire -- Chapter 2: State Formation, Monarchy, and Mandate, 1918-1932 -- The Artificiality Debate -- The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire -- Planning the Carve-Up -- Occupation and Uprising -- The Cairo Conference -- The New State and Enduring Pathologies -- The End of the Mandate -- Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Iraqi Society -- The Identity Debate -- Nationalism -- The Sunni-Shi?i Divide -- The Kurds -- The Assyrians and Turkmens -- Identity and the State -- Chapter 4: From Authoritarian to Totalitarian State, 1933-1979 -- The Dictator Debate -- The Military in Politics -- The Role of the Military and the Communalization of Political Life -- The Intensification of Anti-Imperialist Sentiment -- Towards Totalitarianism -- The Totalitarian State -- Chapter 5: Iraq at War, 1979-1989 -- History of Iran-Iraq Relations -- The Kurdish War -- The Decline into War with Iran -- Iraq Advances -- Iran Counterattacks -- The Kurdish Threat -- The Tanker War -- The Political and Economic Impact on Iraq -- Towards Kuwait -- Chapter 6: The Pariah State, 1989-2003 -- Toward War -- The Invasion of Kuwait -- Operation ?Desert Storm? -- The Uprisings -- The Coalescing of Opposition Movements -- Sanctions on Iraq -- The Arrival of the Inspectors -- Defection -- The Failed Coups -- The Opposition Defeated and Kurdistan Divided -- Oil for Food -- Sanctions Busting -- Hide and Seek with UNSCOM -- Toward Invasion -- Chapter 7: Regime Change, 2003- -- The State Building and Democratization Debate -- Operation ?Iraqi Freedom? -- The Chaotic Devolution of Political Authority -- The Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council -- The Transitional Administrative Law -- The Iraqi Interim Government -- Shi?i Rebellion and Sunni Insurgencies -- January 2005 Elections -- Constitutional Negotiations -- The Referendum -- December 2005 Elections -- Staring Into the Abyss -- Conclusion: The Passing of Thresholds? -- Making Sense of the Debates -- The Government of Nouri al-Maliki -- The Passing of Nebulous Thresholds -- Chronology -- Internet Sites -- Bibliography |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Iraq -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067941
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-2003. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98007501
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001807
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Iraq -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93003202
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Iraq. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79077342
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| LC no. |
2007299232 |
| ISBN |
0745632262 |
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9780745632261 |
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9780745632278 |
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