xv, 262 pages : 23 cm
The removal of the regime of Saddam Hussein and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Iraqi state were critical components of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East in the aftermath of 9/11. This book presents a clear, succinct and balanced appraisal of how the current Iraqi crisis has developed
Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and glossary -- Map -- Introduction : Artificiality, identity, dictatorship, and state-building -- Four key debates -- Analytical theme -- Book outline -- 1. Legacies of civilizations and empires -- Ancient civilizations -- The Islamic conquest -- The arrival of the Ottoman Empire -- 2. State formation, monarchy, and mandate, 1918-1932 -- The artificiality debate -- The decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire -- Planning the carve-up -- Occupation and uprising -- The Cairo conference -- The new state and enduring pathologies -- The end of the mandate -- 3. Conceptualizing political mobilization in Iraqi -- The identity debate -- Nationalism -- The Sunni-Shi'i divide -- The Kurds -- Turkmens and Assyrians -- Identity and the state -- 4. From authoritarian to totalitarian state, 1933-1979 -- The dictator debate -- The military in political life -- The role of the military and the communalization of political life -- The intensification of anti-imperialist sentiment -- Towards totalitarianism -- The totalitarian state -- 5. Iraq at war, 1979-1989 -- History of Iran-Iraq relations -- The Kurdish war -- The decline into war with Iran -- Iraq advances -- Iran counterattacks -- The Kurdish threat -- The tanker war -- The political and economic impact on Iraq -- Towards Kuwait -- 6. The pariah state, 1989-2003 -- Towards war -- The invasion of Kuwait -- Operation Desert Storm -- The uprisings -- The coalescing of opposition movements -- Sanctions on Iraq -- The arrival of the inspectors -- Defection -- The failed coups -- The opposition defeated and Kurdistan divided -- Oil for food -- Sanctions busting -- Hide and seek with UNSCOM -- Toward invasion -- State and society on the eve of the invasion of Iraq -- 7. Regime change, 2003- -- The state-building and democratization debate -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- The chaotic devolution of political authority -- The coalition provisional authority and the Iraqi governing council -- The transitional administrative law -- The Iraqi interim government -- Shi'i rebellion and Sunni insurgencies -- January 2005 elections -- Constitutional negotiations -- The referendum -- December 2005 elections -- Staring into the abyss -- Conclusion : the passing of thresholds? -- Making sense of the debates -- The government of Nouri al-Maliki -- The passing of nebulous thresholds -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology -- Internet links -- Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Self-Renewing 2017
The removal of the regime of Saddam Hussein and the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Iraqi state were critical components of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East in the aftermath of 9/11. This book presents a clear, succinct and balanced appraisal of how the current Iraqi crisis has developed
Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and glossary -- Map -- Introduction : Artificiality, identity, dictatorship, and state-building -- Four key debates -- Analytical theme -- Book outline -- 1. Legacies of civilizations and empires -- Ancient civilizations -- The Islamic conquest -- The arrival of the Ottoman Empire -- 2. State formation, monarchy, and mandate, 1918-1932 -- The artificiality debate -- The decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire -- Planning the carve-up -- Occupation and uprising -- The Cairo conference -- The new state and enduring pathologies -- The end of the mandate -- 3. Conceptualizing political mobilization in Iraqi -- The identity debate -- Nationalism -- The Sunni-Shi'i divide -- The Kurds -- Turkmens and Assyrians -- Identity and the state -- 4. From authoritarian to totalitarian state, 1933-1979 -- The dictator debate -- The military in political life -- The role of the military and the communalization of political life -- The intensification of anti-imperialist sentiment -- Towards totalitarianism -- The totalitarian state -- 5. Iraq at war, 1979-1989 -- History of Iran-Iraq relations -- The Kurdish war -- The decline into war with Iran -- Iraq advances -- Iran counterattacks -- The Kurdish threat -- The tanker war -- The political and economic impact on Iraq -- Towards Kuwait -- 6. The pariah state, 1989-2003 -- Towards war -- The invasion of Kuwait -- Operation Desert Storm -- The uprisings -- The coalescing of opposition movements -- Sanctions on Iraq -- The arrival of the inspectors -- Defection -- The failed coups -- The opposition defeated and Kurdistan divided -- Oil for food -- Sanctions busting -- Hide and seek with UNSCOM -- Toward invasion -- State and society on the eve of the invasion of Iraq -- 7. Regime change, 2003- -- The state-building and democratization debate -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- The chaotic devolution of political authority -- The coalition provisional authority and the Iraqi governing council -- The transitional administrative law -- The Iraqi interim government -- Shi'i rebellion and Sunni insurgencies -- January 2005 elections -- Constitutional negotiations -- The referendum -- December 2005 elections -- Staring into the abyss -- Conclusion : the passing of thresholds? -- Making sense of the debates -- The government of Nouri al-Maliki -- The passing of nebulous thresholds -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Chronology -- Internet links -- Bibliography -- Index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Self-Renewing 2017
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