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IRAQ SINCE 1958
FROM REVOLUTION TO DICTATORSHIP |
| By: |
Marion Farouk-Sluglett, Peter Sluglett |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£23.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1860646220 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781860646225 |
| Publisher: |
I.B.TAURIS & CO LTD. |
| Pub. date: |
29 June, 2001 |
| Edition: |
3rd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
390 |
| Description: |
This volume explores the emergence of modern Iraq covering the period since the revolution in 1958 and concentrating on Saddam Hussein's rise to power and his consolidation as leader. It also covers the role and decline of the Iraqi Communist Party and the shifting policies towards the Kurds and the Shi'is. |
| Synopsis: |
Iraq Since 1958 is the definitive political history of modern Iraq from thefall of the Hashemite monarchy until today. As the world prepares for war, it provides a critical analysis of those issues that have dominated Iraqiaffairs over the last half-century and will continue to do so in the yearsto come -- with or without Saddam Hussein. Iraq Since 1958 coverseverything from the structure and ideology of the Ba'thist regime that hasruled since 1968, the nature of the Iraqi economy, tribalism, sectarianism, religious divisions within Iraq, long-standing Iraqi foreign policyimperatives, the personality of Saddam Hussein, and the role of the Kurdsand the Shi'ites in a country dominated politically by Sunni Muslims. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
I.B.Tauris |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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