Iraq : people, history, politics /

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Main Authors: Stansfield, Gareth R. V
Published: Polity Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, UK :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xviii, 327 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-308) and index.
ISBN: 9780745649290 (hardback) :
0745649297 (hardback)
9780745649306 (paperback)
0745649300 (paperback)
9781509511181 (ePub ebook)
1509511180 (ePub ebook)
9781509511174 (Mobipocket ebook)
1509511172 (Mobipocket ebook)
Index Number: DS79
CLC: D737.709
D737.72
Call Number: D737.72/S791/2nd ed.
Contents: Introduction : artificiality, identity, dictatorship and state-building -- Legacies of civilizations and empires -- State formation, monarchy and mandate, 1918-1932 -- Conceptualizing political mobilization in Iraq -- From authoritarian to totalitarian state, 1933-1979 -- Iraq at war, 1979-1989 -- The pariah state, 1989-2003 -- Regime change, 2003-2007 -- From the brink to the brink, 2007-2014 -- The Islamic State, the Kurdistan region and Shi'i Iraq -- Conclusion : the passing of thresholds and the emergence of three "states."