Title: Reclaiming Iraq : the 1920 revolution and the founding of the modern state /
Authors: Kadhim, Abbas K.
Publisher: University of Texas Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Iraq History; Iraq History Autonomy and independence movements.
Abstract: While most accounts of the revolution have been shaped by the British administration and successive Iraqi governments, Abbas Kadhim sets out to explore the reality that the intelligentsia of Baghdad and other cities in the region played an ideological role but did not join in the fighting. His history depicts a situation we see even today in conflicts in the Middle East, where most military engagement is undertaken by rural tribes that have no central base of power. In the study of the modern Iraqi state, Kadhim argues, Faysal's coronation has detracted from the more significant, earlier achievements of local attempts at self-rule. With clarity and insight, this work offers an alternative perspective on the dawn of modern Iraq."--Pub. desc.
Contents: The 1920 revolution in history -- The causes of the revolution -- The revolution in the Middle Euphrates and beyond -- The journalism of the revolution -- The revolutionary networks -- The revolution's aftermath.