| Description |
xv, 262 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Hot spots in global politics
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and glossary -- Map -- Introduction : Artificiality, identity, dictatorship, and state-building -- Four key debates -- Analytical theme -- Book outline -- 1. Legacies of civilizations and empires -- Ancient civilizations -- The Islamic conquest -- The arrival of the Ottoman Empire -- 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 -- 3. Conceptualizing political mobilization in Iraqi -- The identity debate -- Nationalism -- The Sunni-Shi'i divide -- The Kurds -- Turkmens and Assyrians -- Identity and the state -- 4. From authoritarian to totalitarian state, 1933-1979 -- The dictator debate -- The military in political life -- The role of the military and the communalization of political life -- The intensification of anti-imperialist sentiment -- Towards totalitarianism -- The totalitarian state -- 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 -- 6. The pariah state, 1989-2003 -- Towards 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 -- State and society on the eve of the invasion of Iraq -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology -- Internet links -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-248) and index. |
| Subject |
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-2003.
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003-
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| ISBN |
9780745632261 (hbk.) |
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0745632262 (hbk.) |
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0745632270 (pbk.) |
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9780745632278 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2261866 |
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YDXCP 2515975 |
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NLGGC 300257716 |
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AU@ 000041613283 |
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