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Iraq : people, history, politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stansfield, Gareth R. V. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Iraq > Politics and government > 1991-2003. Iraq > Politics and government > 2003- Politics and government. Iraq. Since 1991

Table of 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."