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The modern history of Iraq / Phebe Marr.
- Title
- The modern history of Iraq / Phebe Marr.
- Author
- Marr, Phebe
- Publication
- Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DS79.65 .M33 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 483 p. : maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The Modern History of Iraq places in historical perspective the crises and upheavals that continue to afflict the country. The book focuses on several important themes: the search for national identity in a multiethnic, multireligious state; the struggle to achieve economic development and modernity in a traditional society; and the political dynamics that have led to the current situation. --from publisher description.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-464) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The land and people of modern Iraq -- The British mandate, 1920-1932 -- The erosion of the British legacy, 1932-1945 -- The end of the monarchy, 1946-1958 -- The Qasim era, 1958-1963 -- The Arab nationalists in power, 1963-1968 -- The era of Ba'th Party rule, 1968-1979 -- The Saddam Husain regime, 1979-1989 -- The Saddam Husain regime, 1990-2003 -- The US attempt at nation-building in Iraq, 2003-2006 -- The stabilization of Iraq, 2007-2011 -- Economic, social, and cultural change in Iraq, 2007-2011.
- ISBN
- 9780813344430 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 0813344433 (pbk : alk. paper)
- 9780813345215 (ebook)
- 0813345219 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2011021092
- 40019825273
- OCLC
- 639161346
- SCSB-10889012
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library