{"product_id":"iraq-people-history-politics-2e-9780745649290","title":"Iraq  People History Politics 2e","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e�Gareth Stansfield�s \u003ci\u003eIraq\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique piece of research, meticulous, profound and, more importantly, timely and cool. Such multidimensional examination from objective scholars is a must.�\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFaleh A. Jabar, Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e�An essential reference, providing the most up-to-date account of the political history of Iraq from Saddam Hussein�s dictatorship to the emergence of ISIS.  An outstanding analysis of contemporary Iraq and the forces leading to its fragmentation.�\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEugene Rogan, Oxford University, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arabs: A History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Artificiality, Identity, Dictatorship, and State-Building \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Legacies of Civilizations and Empires\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: State Formation, Monarchy, and Mandate, 1918-1932\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Conceptualizing Iraqi Society\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: From Authoritarian to Totalitarian State, 1933-1979\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Iraq at War, 1979-1989\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The Pariah State, 1989-2003\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Regime Change, 2003-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: From the Brink, to the Brink\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Disintegration of Iraq\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Rise of the Islamic State\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404394209623,"sku":"9780745649290","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745649290.jpg?v=1730486327","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/iraq-people-history-politics-2e-9780745649290","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}