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Iraq's armed forces : an analytical history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Marashi, Ibrahim, 1973-
Other Authors: Salama, Sammy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : New York : Routledge, 2008.
Series:Middle eastern military studies.
Subjects:
Iraq > Armed Forces > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The mandate army
  • Creation, conscription and cohesion 1921-1936
  • Praetorian Iraq
  • Iraq's military moderator regimes 1936-1941
  • Dismantling the military moderator regime 1941-1958
  • Military coups and the ruler regimes 1958-1968
  • The totalitarian military
  • The Baathification of the military 1968-1980
  • The totalitarian military and the Iran-Iraq War 1980-1984
  • The reassertion of the Iraqi officers 1984-1988
  • Wars, coups, sanctions and collapse 1988-2003
  • The mandate army redux
  • The US and the Iraqi army
  • Conclusion.