Iraq Between Occupations [electronic resource] : Perspectives from 1920 to the Present /
Baram, Amatzia.editor.
Rohde, Achim.editor.
Zeidel, Ronen.editor.
This edited volume represents a re-examination of the most central issues in the history of the Iraqi nation state until the American occupation (1920-2003) and, in the light of that history, a re-evaluation of developments under the occupation (2003-2008).
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Introduction-- Amatzia Baram, Ronen Zeidel, and Achim Rohde * Part I: Iraq between a Nation State and Ethno-Sectarian Divides: A Re-appraisal * One Iraq or Many: What has happened to Iraqi Identity?--Phebe Marr * Kurds, Arabs and Iraqis: A History of a Clash of Identities--Sherko Kirmanj * The Kurdish Phoenix: Nation-Building in a Failed Iraqi Nation-State--Ofra Bengio * A Kurdish Leadership in Iraq: Facing the New Challenges, the Danger and the Chances of the Post-Saddam Era--Michael Eppel * Part II: Aspects of Iraqi History under the Monarchy * The Roots of Democratic Thinking in Iraq and their Contemporary Implications: Discourses on Democracy in the Hashemite Period 1921-1958 through the Vision of Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim'--Orit Bashkin * Women under the Monarchy: A Backdrop for Post-Saddam Events--Noga Efrati * Part III: The Ba'th Era and Beyond * Understanding Ba'thist Iraq? Toward a Comparative Historiography of Dictatorships--Achim Rohde * Sadr the Father, Sadr the Son, and the Revolution in Shi'ism'--Amatzia Baram * On Servility and Survival: the Sunni Opposition to Saddam and the Origins of the Current Sunni Leadership in Iraq--Ronen Zeidel * The Iraqi Military under the Ba'th Regime: the Case of the Iraqi Armed Forces in Operation Desert Storm and the Impact of Desert Storm on its Performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom--Pesah Malovany * Iraq's Economy 2003-2008--Joseph Sassoon * Part IV: The US in Iraq 2003-2007/8 * The U.S. in Iraq: The Dual Challenge of Insurgent and Sectarian Violence--Michael Eisenstadt * Amateur Hour in Iraq: A Worms Eye View of the Failure of Nation Building--A. Heather Coyne * Until They Leave: Liberation, Occupation, and Insurgency in Iraq--Judith Yaphe.
This edited volume represents a re-examination of the most central issues in the history of the Iraqi nation state until the American occupation (1920-2003) and, in the light of that history, a re-evaluation of developments under the occupation (2003-2008).
Middle East-Politics and governm.
Middle East-History.
International relations.
Political science.
Peace.
Middle Eastern Politics.
History of the Middle East.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Peace Studies.