Beschreibung:
Adeed DawishaWith a new afterword by the author on political developments since the 2010 Iraqi elections
"Adeed Dawisha has written a deeply informed study of the history of the Iraqi state. This is a book to be read by all who care about Iraq's future."--William B. Quandt, University of Virginia
Acknowledgments ix Chapter One Introduction 1 Chapter Two Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921-1936 8 Chapter Three Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921-1936 40 Chapter Four The Uncertain Nation, 1921-1936 67 Chapter Five Turbulence in Governance, 1936-1958 92 Chapter Six Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936-1958 120 Chapter Seven Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936-1958 136 Chapter Eight The Monarchy's Political System, 1921-1958 148 Chapter Nine The Authoritarian Republic, 1958-1968 171 Chapter Ten The State Rules without Rules, 1968-2003 209 Chapter Eleven Politics in the New Era, 2003- 242 Chapter Twelve W(h)ither Iraq? 275 Notes 291 Bibliography 343 Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments 359 Index 375