The Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921
Contributors: Gary Sick (Foreword); Reeva Spector Simon (Editor); Eleanor H. Tejirian (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780231132923
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History - General History; History: World; Iraq; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; 1534-1921; Great Britain; History; Revolt, 1920; Staatsvorming.; gtt
First sentence: In 1914, when Britain's Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force entered Basra, Iraq did not exist as a state.