| Description |
x, 310 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Historical perspective of Iraq before 1941 -- 2. Iraq during World War II -- 3. Iraq after World War II : domestic economic crisis and sociopolitical tensions and the struggle for seniority in the inter-Arab Arena -- 4. The earthquake of the Iraqi regime : the Wathba crisis and Iraq's role in the 1948 war in Palestine -- 5. The economic development of Iraq and the social processes of the 1950s -- 6. The political conflict in Iraq between 1950 and 1954 : failed attempts at reform within the regime -- 7. The monarchy in Iraq versus the radical revolutionary forces in the Arab world, 1954-1958 -- 8. The 1958 revolution and the Qasim regime -- 9. The seizure of power by the Ba'th and its overthrow in 1963 -- 10. The rule of the 'Arif brothers, 1963-1968 : from Pan-Arab nationalism and socialist etatism to ideological confusion and the weakness of political forces -- 11. The rise of Saddam Husayn's regime |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-302) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067947
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Iraq -- History -- 1958-1979. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002008927
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| LC no. |
2004049333 |
| ISBN |
0813027365 cloth alkaline paper |
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