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Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.

Table of Contents
Introduction: Artificiality, Identity, Dictatorship, and State-Building

Chapter 1: Legacies of Civilizations and Empires

Chapter 2: State Formation, Monarchy, and Mandate, 1918-1932

Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Iraqi Society

Chapter 4: From Authoritarian to Totalitarian State, 1933-1979

Chapter 5: Iraq at War, 1979-1989

Chapter 6: The Pariah State, 1989-2003

Chapter 7: Regime Change, 2003-

Chapter 8: From the Brink, to the Brink

Chapter 9: The Disintegration of Iraq

Chapter 10: The Rise of the Islamic State

Conclusion

Iraq

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 2 September 2016
      ISBN-13 9780745649306
      978-0745649306
      ISBN-10 0745649300
      Also in:
      Middle Eastern history Modern warfare Specific wars and military campaigns

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Few countries can claim to have endured such a difficult and tortuous history as that of Iraq. Its varied peoples have had to contend with externally imposed state-building at the end of the First World War, through to the rise of authoritarian military regimes, to the all-encompassing power of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Artificiality, Identity, Dictatorship, and State-Building

      Chapter 1: Legacies of Civilizations and Empires

      Chapter 2: State Formation, Monarchy, and Mandate, 1918-1932

      Chapter 3: Conceptualizing Iraqi Society

      Chapter 4: From Authoritarian to Totalitarian State, 1933-1979

      Chapter 5: Iraq at War, 1979-1989

      Chapter 6: The Pariah State, 1989-2003

      Chapter 7: Regime Change, 2003-

      Chapter 8: From the Brink, to the Brink

      Chapter 9: The Disintegration of Iraq

      Chapter 10: The Rise of the Islamic State

      Conclusion

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