| Description |
xi, 253 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Middle Eastern military studies |
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Middle Eastern military studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The mandate army -- Creation, conscription and cohesion 1921-1936 -- Praetorian Iraq -- Iraq's military moderator regimes 1936-1941 -- Dismantling the military moderator regime 1941-1958 -- Military coups and the ruler regimes 1958-1968 -- The totalitarian military -- The Baathification of the military 1968-1980 -- The totalitarian military and the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1984 -- The reassertion of the Iraqi officers 1984-1988 -- Wars, coups, sanctions and collapse 1988-2003 -- The mandate army redux -- The US and the Iraqi army -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Iraq -- Armed Forces -- History.
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| Added Author |
Salama, Sammy.
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| ISBN |
9780415400787 (hardback) |
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0415400783 (hardback) |
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9780203928769 (e-book) |
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0203928768 (e-book) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000042254512 |
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