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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777006203321

Autore

Simon Reeva S

Titolo

Iraq between the two world wars [[electronic resource] ] : the militarist origins of tyranny / / Reeva Spector Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-322-35355-7

0-231-50700-3

Edizione

[Updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

956.704

Soggetti

Nationalism - Iraq - History

Iraq History Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958

Iraq Armed Forces Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

[ CONTENTS ]; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. The Creation of a State; II. The Officers, Germany, and Nationalism; III. The Officers in Iraq; IV. Education; V. The Army; VI. The Rashid 'Ali Coup; VII. Conclusion: Ideological Prelude to Tyranny; Appendixes; I. The Hashimites; II. Iraqi Cabinets 1921-1941; III. Biographical Sketches; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why did a group from the Iraqi army seize control of the government and wage a disastrous war against Great Britain, rejecting British and liberal values for those of a militaristic Germany? What impact did these actions have on the thirty-year regime of Saddam Hussein?Departing from previous studies explaining modern Iraqi history in terms of class theory, Reeva Simon shows that cultural and ideological factors played an equal, if not more important, role in shaping events. In 1921 the British created Iraq, and an entourage of ex-Ottoman army officers, the Sharifians, became the new ruling el