An alliance against Babylon [[electronic resource] ] : the U.S., Israel, and Iraq / / John K. Cooley |
Autore | Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Arab-Israeli conflict
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-75057-3
9786611750572 1-84964-459-4 1-4356-6092-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454685003321 |
Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> | ||
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An alliance against Babylon [[electronic resource] ] : the U.S., Israel, and Iraq / / John K. Cooley |
Autore | Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Arab-Israeli conflict
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
ISBN |
1-281-75057-3
9786611750572 1-84964-459-4 1-4356-6092-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782021103321 |
Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> | ||
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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An alliance against Babylon : the U.S., Israel, and Iraq / / John K. Cooley |
Autore | Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Arab-Israeli conflict
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
ISBN |
1-281-75057-3
9786611750572 1-84964-459-4 1-4356-6092-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Babylonian Heritage -- ANCESTRAL MEMORIES -- CAPTIVES OF BABYLON -- BABYLON REBUILT? -- THE MOTHER OF ALL HARLOTS -- THE JEWISH EXILES -- A SHRINE RESTORED -- "SEEK THE PEACE OF THE CITY" -- OTTOMAN POWER DECLINES -- 2. The Ottoman Empire Divided -- ANTECEDENTS OF WAR -- BRITAIN CAPTURES BAGHDAD -- BETRAYAL IN THE LEVANT -- ENTER THE U.S. -- THE HASHEMITES ARRIVE -- DIVIDING THE OILY SPOILS -- WILSON OPENS DOORS -- PALESTINE TO CENTER STAGE -- 3. "Operation Ezra and Nehemiah": -- A GUIDED TOUR -- JEWISH SURVIVORS -- INDEPENDENCE ... SORT OF -- VIOLENCE AND RESCUE -- WHEELING, DEALING, AND MISHAPS -- "ARAB" JEWS WHO MADE IT -- WHOSE TERRORISM? -- 4. Iraq Enters the Palestine Arena -- THE ROOTS OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE -- RESISTING THE BRITISH -- THE ARABS PREPARE FOR WAR -- IRAQ FIGHTS THE NEW ISRAELI STATE -- STALEMATE AND ISRAELI VICTORY -- ARMISTICE AGREEMENTS-MINUS IRAQ -- BEN-GURION SPEAKS -- 5. Ménage à Quatre: The U.S., Israel, Iran, and the Iraqi Kurds -- THE KURDS' FADED DREAMS -- THE KURDS' NEW FRIENDS: THE STATE OF -- KASSEM CONTRA KURDS -- THE ISRAELI-KURDISH HONEYMOON -- UNCLE SAM'S ROLE -- THE NIXON-KISSINGER-SHAH AXIS -- THE OIL EQUATION -- IRAQ AND THE KURDS IN THE COLD WAR -- 6. How the CIA Gave Saddam a Leg Up -- KASSEM, NASSER, AND SADDAM -- JAMES CRITCHFIELD: COLD WARRIOR PAR -- THE FIRST BA'ATHIST COUP -- ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION -- SADDAM'S SWAY BEGINS -- IRAQ'S STRATEGIC THREAT TO ISRAEL -- IRAQ IN THE 1967 WAR -- 7. Saddam's Reign (I): Business With the U.S. -- warfare with Israel -- U.S. BUSINESS AND SADDAM'S TRIUMPH -- THE JULY BA'ATHIST TAKEOVER -- PROGRAMS AND POWER STRUGGLES -- ISRAEL'S COVERT WAR ON SADDAM -- THE MIG-21 CAPER -- SADDAM'S REAL AND IMAGINED FOES -- SADDAM AND THE PALESTINIANS -- BLACK SEPTEMBER IN JORDAN -- SYRIA REPULSED -- IRAQ WITHDRAWS.
8. Saddam's Reign (II): Power Plays and war, 1970-80 -- THE REASSURANCE OF U.S. AID -- SADAT PLANS FOR WAR -- ISRAEL'S "CONCEPT" -- U.S. COMPLACENCY AND THE "OIL WEAPON" -- ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE FAILURE -- IRAQ TO THE RESCUE OF SYRIA -- SADDAM GETS A BREATHER -- SADDAM CLAMPS DOWN-AND SEEKS TOTAL -- THE DOWNFALL OF BAQR -- A "CYNICAL EMBRACE" -- SADDAM ATTACKS IRAN -- 9. Saddam's Reign (III): Defeat and Defiance, 1980-90 -- ISRAEL, IRANGATE, AND THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR -- THE OSIRAK CAPER -- RETRIBUTION FOR INMAN -- TILTING TOWARD SADDAM -- REAGAN, RUMSFELD, AND SADDAM -- ISRAEL'S OIL CONCERNS -- WESTERN ARMS FOR IRAQ -- SADDAM'S LARGESS FOR PALESTINIANS -- GOOD COP, BAD COP -- 10. From Jerusalem to Washington: an alliance strengthened and confirmed -- MISSILES, "SUPERGUNS," AND PROFITS -- SADDAM BREWS THE KUWAIT CRISIS -- ISRAEL AND "DESERT STORM" -- TARGET: SADDAM HUSSEIN -- KUWAIT FREED: SADDAM SPARED -- CLINTON'S CONTAINMENT -- THE CIA'S -- AN ISRAELI PEACE WITH SADDAM? -- MISADVENTURES OF THE UN ARMS -- CLINTON: "OUST SADDAM" -- U.S. POLICY SHIFTS -- THE "NEOCONS" AT WORK -- 11. Endgame: Iraq Democratized or Dismembered? -- "GET SADDAM" -- THE PALESTINIAN DISCONNECTION -- THE CABAL IN ACTION -- MECHANICS OF AN ALLIANCE -- ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE INPUT -- A (MILITARILY) WELL-PLANNED CAMPAIGN -- THE UNPLANNED OCCUPATION -- INTELLIGENCE FIASCOS -- ISRAEL'S STEINITZ INQUIRY -- SHARED WEAPONS, SHARED TRAINING -- THE ABU GHRAIB NIGHTMARE -- ISRAEL, TURKEY, AND THE IRAQI KURDS -- NATION-BUILDING-OR DISSOLUTION? -- AN ENDGAME BEGINS -- AN ALLIANCE HOLDS -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826624503321 |
Cooley John K. <1927-2008.> | ||
London ; ; Ann Arbor, Mich., : Pluto Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha |
Autore | Dawisha Adeed |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Middle East / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4008-4623-4
1-299-16011-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452275903321 |
Dawisha Adeed | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha |
Autore | Dawisha Adeed |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Middle East / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
American-led invasion
Arab Sunni Arab nationalists Ba'th Party Ba'thist Bakr Sidqi Britain Coalition Provisional Authority George Bush Iraq Iraqi identity Iraqi politicians Iraqi state King Faysal Kurds Mesopotamia Parliament Robert Dahl Saddam Husayn Saddamist era Shi'ite Turkomen United Kingdom United States Yasin al-Hashimi democracy democratization disparate communities divided nation ethno-sectarian division martial law military campaign military coup military government monarchy nation-building nation-state national identity old politicians political change political development political elite political history political order sovereign state sovereignty |
ISBN |
1-4008-4623-4
1-299-16011-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779429703321 |
Dawisha Adeed | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Iraq : A Political History / / Adeed Dawisha |
Autore | Dawisha Adeed |
Edizione | [With a New afterword by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 956.704 |
Soggetto topico | HISTORY / Middle East / General |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
American-led invasion
Arab Sunni Arab nationalists Ba'th Party Ba'thist Bakr Sidqi Britain Coalition Provisional Authority George Bush Iraq Iraqi identity Iraqi politicians Iraqi state King Faysal Kurds Mesopotamia Parliament Robert Dahl Saddam Husayn Saddamist era Shi'ite Turkomen United Kingdom United States Yasin al-Hashimi democracy democratization disparate communities divided nation ethno-sectarian division martial law military campaign military coup military government monarchy nation-building nation-state national identity old politicians political change political development political elite political history political order sovereign state sovereignty |
ISBN |
1-4008-4623-4
1-299-16011-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 -- Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 -- Chapter 8. The Monarchy'S Political System, 1921-1958 -- Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 -- Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968-2003 -- Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003- -- Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820405803321 |
Dawisha Adeed | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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