LEADER 04352nam 22006855 450 001 9910452275903321 005 20210114031314.0 010 $a1-4008-4623-4 010 $a1-299-16011-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846238 035 $a(CKB)2550000001001355 035 $a(EBL)1108626 035 $a(OCoLC)832721746 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000870449 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454943 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870449 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10818758 035 $a(PQKB)10511133 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000907561 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470712 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907561 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10884135 035 $a(PQKB)11304778 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000407024 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37134 035 $a(DE-B1597)447308 035 $a(OCoLC)979686145 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846238 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1108626 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001001355 100 $a20190708d2013 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIraq $eA Political History /$fAdeed Dawisha 205 $aWith a New afterword by the author 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2009. With a new foreword by the author. 311 $a0-691-15793-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. Introduction -- $tChapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- $tChapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- $tChapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- $tChapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- $tChapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- $tChapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- $tChapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- $tChapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- $tChapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- $tChapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- $tChapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tAfterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- $tIndex 330 $aWith each day that passed after the 2003 invasion, the United States seemed to sink deeper in the treacherous quicksand of Iraq's social discord, floundering in the face of deep ethno-sectarian divisions that have impeded the creation of a viable state and the molding of a unified Iraqi identity. Yet as Adeed Dawisha shows in this superb political history, the story of a fragile and socially fractured Iraq did not begin with the American-led invasion--it is as old as Iraq itself. Dawisha traces the history of the Iraqi state from its inception in 1921 following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and up to the present day. He demonstrates how from the very beginning Iraq's ruling elites sought to unify this ethnically diverse and politically explosive society by developing state governance, fostering democratic institutions, and forging a national identity. Dawisha, who was born and raised in Iraq, gives rare insight into this culturally rich but chronically divided nation, drawing on a wealth of Arabic and Western sources to describe the fortunes and calamities of a state that was assembled by the British in the wake of World War I and which today faces what may be the most serious threat to survival that it has ever known. Featuring Dawisha's insightful new afterword on recent political developments, Iraq is required reading for anyone seeking to make sense of what's going on in Iraq today, and why it has been so difficult to create a viable government there. 606 $aHISTORY / Middle East / General$2bisacsh 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y1958- 607 $aIraq$xPolitics and government$y1921-1958 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Middle East / General. 676 $a956.704 700 $aDawisha$b Adeed, $0568280 712 02$aebrary, Inc 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452275903321 996 $aIraq$92446168 997 $aUNINA