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200 10$aIraq between the two world wars$b[electronic resource] $ethe militarist origins of tyranny /$fReeva Spector Simon
205   $aUpdated ed.
210   $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2004
215   $a1 online resource (257 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-230) and index.
327   $a[ 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
330   $aWhy 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
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