Title Iraq in the Twenty-First Century : Regime Change and the Making of a Failed State / Tareq Y. Ismael and Jacqueline S. Ismael

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) Series Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 34 Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; 34. Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on authors; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction: Iraqi ruination-the humanitarian costs of an imposed state; From "debating" the war to seeing its reality; An outline of what follows; PART I Deconstruction and reconstruction of the state; 2 Whither Iraq? Beyond Saddam, sanctions and the occupation; Civilizational foundations and imperial imposition; The impact of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship (1968-1990); "Shock and awe" and the humanitarian catastrophe of sanctions (1990-2003) The 2003 invasion and occupation of IraqRegime change, reconstruction and the resistance to external impositions; State building versus nation building; The Kurdish question; Foraging for legitimacy: the occupation's Interim Governing Council; Conclusion; 3 Killing the state and undermining the nation; American militarism and the neoconservatives; Regime change, Iraq and the politics of hegemony in the Bush Administration; The Anglo-American orchestration for war on Iraq; Controlling the narrative in the absence of WMDs and the proliferation of chaos; The combined roles of the INC and OSP American credibility: occupation versus liberationThe American neoliberalization of Iraq; 2005 Iraqi elections and the draft constitution; 4 The sectarian state in Iraq and the new political class; The social setting of pre-invasion Iraq; Modern Iraqi politics and the development of Iraq's political diaspora; The occupation of Iraq and the engineering of political sectarianism; Sectarianism and the patrimony of Iraq's oil; Iranian strategic depth and Shia political forces; Conclusion; 5 The hallmark of the new state: political corruption Replacing tyranny with anarchy and claiming it was orderA spoils system?; Conclusion; PART II People in the quagmire; 6 Children of the occupation: a decade after the invasion; Approach to topic; Sanctions context (1990-2003); Invasion context; The post-invasion military occupation context; Discourse versus policy; Conclusion; 7 Iraqi women under occupation: from tribalism to neo-feudalism; Emergence of women onto the stage of modern Iraqi history; Qâsim and the revolution of 1958; Women under the Ba'th regime; Under the sanctions regime; US occupation and neo-feudal bondage; Conclusion 8 Iraq in the twenty-first century: retrospect and prospectResisting an untenable future; Epilogue: blowback from regime change; The emergence of ISIS; Tri-partition of Iraq and the expansion of chaos; Appendix 1. Declaration of the Shia of Iraq (2002); Appendix 2. Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period [TAL], March 8, 2004; Appendix 3. Iraqi Constitution (2005); Index Summary Much has been written about the events surrounding the 2003 Anglo-American invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, especially about the intentions, principles, plans and course of action of US policy, but much less attention has been given to the consequences of US policy on Iraqi political and social development. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of US policy on the social and political development of Iraq in the twenty-first century. It shows how not just the institutions of the state were destroyed in 2003, leaving the way open for sectarianism, but also the country's cultur Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Vendor-supplied metadata Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Influence Failed states -- Iraq Postwar reconstruction -- Iraq Political culture -- Iraq HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. Failed states Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political culture Politics and government Postwar reconstruction Social conditions Golfkrieg 2003 Demokratisierung Failed State Politiska förhållanden. Sociala förhållanden. Återuppbyggnad efter krig. SUBJECT Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001807 Iraq -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject Iraq Irak Form Electronic book Author Ismael, Jacqueline S., author ISBN 9781317567592 1317567595 9781317567585 1317567587 9781317567578 1317567579

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