The Making Of Iraq 1900 1963

Author : Samira Haj
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997-02-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438405421

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Making of Iraq, The, 1900-1963 by Samira Haj Pdf

This book's innovative approach makes it an important intervention into the field of modern Iraqi and Arab history. Samira Haj's discussion of the factors that led to, and paradoxically caused the failure of, the 1958 revolution in Iraq forms the framework for her critique of conventional Eurocentric notions of nationalism, revolution, and modernity. Haj explains the pervasive violence of Iraq's political scene not by invoking ageless images of sectarian strife and irrational bloodlust but by showing that the violent political battles of the 1950s and 1960s were the result of fundamental changes in the system of ownership and agricultural production during the nineteenth century. Furthermore, she shows that the national government's smashing of the popular movement and the dismantling of its various grassroots organizations in 1963 signified the beginning of the end of participatory politics in Iraq.

Author : Samira Haj
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791432416

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The Making of Iraq, 1900-1963 by Samira Haj Pdf

Haj explains the pervasive violence of Iraq's political scene not by invoking ageless images of sectarian strife and irrational bloodlust but by showing that the violent political battles of the 1950s and 1960s were the result of fundamental changes in the system of ownership and agricultural production during the nineteenth century.

Author : Stephen Hemsley Longrigg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1053645472

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'Iraq, 1900 to 1950 by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg Pdf

Author : Reeva S. Simon,Eleanor Harvey Tejirian
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 023113293X

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The Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921 by Reeva S. Simon,Eleanor Harvey Tejirian Pdf

With the U.S.-led Operation Iraqi Freedom, we are reminded that almost one hundred years ago, Great Britain undertook a similar process of regime change and territorial reorganization in the same region of the world. In the thick of world conflict, with its strategic interests in the balance, the British had to begin planning for the aftermath of the World War that permitted the redrawing of borders and the creation of new political entities. One year after the beginning of World War I, preparations for a new strategic order in the Middle East were already underway. For the Allies -Britain, France, and Russia -the task was different from that of the United States today. Yet unlike the Coalition forces that in 2003 proclaimed the territorial integrity of Iraq, the British began from scratch: until 1921, the country of Iraq did not exist. How did this actually come about? And what were the reactions of the peoples living in that contested territory? This collection of essays by leading scholars provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of Iraq's history and its strategic importance from three points of view: local residents, Iraq's neighbors (Iran, Turkey, and Kurdistan), and the Great Powers. The book captures the complexity of forces that contributed to the making of Iraq as a modern state, integrating short and long term policy, individual and group interests, and the impact of World War I. The Creation of Iraq helps readers to understand the dynamics and interplay of regional history and geo-strategic and imperial priorities in an area of the world that will continue to dominate international politics for years to come. - Publisher.

Author : Stephen Hemsley Longrigg
Publisher : International Book Centre
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0866850201

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Iraq 1900 to 1950 by Stephen Hemsley Longrigg Pdf

Author : Omar Dewachi
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781503602694

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Ungovernable Life by Omar Dewachi Pdf

Iraq's healthcare has been on the edge of collapse since the 1990s. Once the leading hub of scientific and medical training in the Middle East, Iraq's political and medical infrastructure has been undermined by decades of U.S.-led sanctions and invasions. Since the British Mandate, Iraqi governments had invested in cultivating Iraq's medical doctors as agents of statecraft and fostered connections to scientists abroad. In recent years, this has been reversed as thousands of Iraqi doctors have left the country in search of security and careers abroad. Ungovernable Life presents the untold story of the rise and fall of Iraqi "mandatory medicine"—and of the destruction of Iraq itself. Trained as a doctor in Baghdad, Omar Dewachi writes a medical history of Iraq, offering readers a compelling exploration of state-making and dissolution in the Middle East. His work illustrates how imperial modes of governance, from the British Mandate to the U.S. interventions, have been contested, maintained, and unraveled through medicine and healthcare. In tracing the role of doctors as agents of state-making, he challenges common accounts of Iraq's alleged political unruliness and ungovernability, bringing forth a deeper understanding of how medicine and power shape life and how decades of war and sanctions dismember projects of state-making.

Author : Karen Dabrowska,Geoff Hann
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841622435

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Iraq Then and Now by Karen Dabrowska,Geoff Hann Pdf

Unlike other publications since the downfall of Saddam's regime, Iraq: Then & Now traces the history of the country from ancient times until the present. Supplementary boxes, many written by Iraqis themselves, reflect on life today as compared with life in Saddam's Iraq and even earlier, describing their experiences, hopes, fears, ambitions and visions for the future.The book self-consciously avoids making any judgement on the political debate surrounding the 2003 war and subsequent occupation; instead it presents the varying views, and offers a rounded, balanced picture.Published to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the change, this guide to the country and its people, provides information on Iraq's culture and archaeology, the south, Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle. The northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan stands apart as a success story and the travel appendix provides essential information for the increasing numbers of visitors to this region.

Author : Monica Ingber
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773592049

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The Politics of Conflict by Monica Ingber Pdf

By looking at the problem of complicity in political violence from a social versus a legal perspective, The Politics of Conflict offers readers new insight into the ways in which violence operates. To do this, Monica Ingber applies Gilles Deleuze's analysis of the novellas of Leopold Sacher-Masoch, particularly Venus in Furs, to the politics of violence in Iraq. Specifically, Ingber develops the concept of transubstantiatory violence, to think through the relationship between social complicity and political violence. By assessing politics in Iraq through the lens of transubstantiatory violence, it becomes possible to see how social complicity validates what would be otherwise viewed as illegitimate forms of violence. This legitimization of violence is addressed through the problematization of the modern correlation of security, law, and the social contract by exploring three key areas of socio-politics: state-making and nation-building, political movements, and the popular militia. A serious study that makes important contributions to political science, political philosophy, and conflict studies, The Politics of Conflict demonstrates an alternative view of violence that is provocative in its ability to destabilize dominant understandings of regime violence and the counter-reactions of opposition movements.

Author : Noga Efrati
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231530248

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Women in Iraq by Noga Efrati Pdf

Noga Efrati outlines the first social and political history of women in Iraq during the periods of British occupation and the British-backed Hashimite monarchy (1917–1958). She traces the harsh and long-lasting implications of British state building on Iraqi women, particularly their legal and political enshrinement as second-class citizens, and the struggle by women's rights activists to counter this precedent. Efrati concludes with a discussion of post-Saddam Iraq and the women's associations now claiming their place in government. Finding common threads between these two generations of women, Efrati underscores the organic roots of the current fight for gender equality shaped by a memory of oppression under the monarchy. Efrati revisits the British strategy of efficient rule, largely adopted by the Iraqi government they erected and the consequent gender policy that emerged. The attempt to control Iraq through "authentic leaders"—giving them legal and political powers—marginalized the interests of women and virtually sacrificed their well-being altogether. Iraqi women refused to resign themselves to this fate. From the state's early days, they drew attention to the biases of the Tribal Criminal and Civil Disputes Regulation (TCCDR) and the absence of state intervention in matters of personal status and resisted women's disenfranchisement. Following the coup of 1958, their criticism helped precipitate the dissolution of the TCCDR and the ratification of the Personal Status Law. A new government gender discourse shaped by these past battles arose, yet the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, rather than helping cement women's rights into law, reinstated the British approach. Pressured to secure order and reestablish a pro-Western Iraq, the Americans increasingly turned to the country's "authentic leaders" to maintain control while continuing to marginalize women. Efrati considers Iraqi women's efforts to preserve the progress they have made, utterly defeating the notion that they have been passive witnesses to history.

Author : Geoff Hann,Karen Dabrowska,Tina Townsend-Greaves
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781841624884

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Iraq by Geoff Hann,Karen Dabrowska,Tina Townsend-Greaves Pdf

Iraq is a country with a rich culture. Ancient sites such as Babylon and Ur, the stunning architecture of the country's mosques, the natural beauty and wildlife of the Marshes and beautiful Iraqi handicrafts create a myriad of attractions to inspire even the most seasoned traveler. This brand-new edition of Iraq gives up-to-date travel information and also informs the armchair traveler about the history and exciting archaeological prospects of this ancient land. The authors, Geoff Hann and Karen Dabrowska, bring their considerable knowledge and understanding of Iraq to provide all the practical and background information needed to explore this country and to get the most out of your trip: advice on cultural awareness and religious sensitivity in the context of Iraqi history, along with in-depth coverage of what to see and where to go make this an invaluable guide.

Author : Phebe Marr
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813345215

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The Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr Pdf

The Modern History of Iraq places in historical perspective the crises and upheavals that continue to afflict the country. The book focuses on several important themes: the search for national identity in a multiethnic, multireligious state; the struggle to achieve economic development and modernity in a traditional society; and the political dynamics that have led to the current situation. Phebe Marr draws on published sources in Arabic and English, personal interviews, and frequent visits to the country to produce a remarkably lucid account of the emergence of contemporary Iraq. This edition features three new chapters that bring readers up to date on events since the U.S. invasion and give a clear picture of the political, social, economic, and ideological consequences of the recent upheaval. Marr provides an insightful overview of the current political scene—Iraq's new political elites; emerging figures, parties, constituencies, and support; and foreign influences. In the final chapter, Marr offers a uniquely penetrating analysis of Iraq's current social and economic affairs, including the decline of the middle class, refugee displacement, the economics of oil, the status of women and ethnic groups, and the rise of sectarianism.

Author : Heather Bleaney,Roper,Peter Sluglett
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789047413806

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Iraq by Heather Bleaney,Roper,Peter Sluglett Pdf

Well-considered answers to the many questions raised by the situation in Iraq, past and present, are rare. This first comprehensive, thematically organised, bibliography devoted to Iraq is based on the full Index Islamicus database and is drawn from a wide variety of European-language journals and books. Featuring an extensive introduction to the subject and its literature by Peter Sluglett, this bibliography will help readers to find their way through the massive secondary literature now available. Following the pattern established by the Index Islamicus, both journal articles and book publications are included, as well as important internet resources. The editors have taken care to add much new material to bring its coverage up to date, and supplement the previously published volumes, while the most important and/or influential publications are conveniently highlighted in the introduction. An indispensable gateway for all those with a more than superficial interest in what is, and what has been, happening in this nation so much the focus of attention today.

Author : Henry A. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:499725719

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The Making of Modern Iraq by Henry A. Foster Pdf

Author : Charles Tripp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 052152900X

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A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp Pdf

This updated edition of Charles Tripp's A History of Iraq covers events since 1998, and looks at present-day developments right up to mid-2002. Since its establishment by the British in the 1920s Iraq has witnessed the rise and fall of successive regimes, culminating in the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. Tripp traces Iraq's political history from its nineteenth-century roots in the Ottoman empire, to the development of the state, its transformation from monarchy to republic and the rise of the Ba'th party and the ascendancy of Saddam Hussein.

Author : R. Zeidel,A. Baram,Achim Rohde
Publisher : Springer
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230115491

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Iraq Between Occupations by R. Zeidel,A. Baram,Achim Rohde Pdf

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).