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Iraq in transition : the legacy of dictatorship and the prospects for democracy

Title
Iraq in transition : the legacy of dictatorship and the prospects for democracy / Peter J. Munson ; foreword by Steven Metz.
Author
Munson, Peter J., 1975-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2009.

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Description
xiii, 321 pages : map; 24 cm
Summary
Takes the reader on a journey from Iraq's troubled history through the country's invasion and chaotic collapse of governance to the fragile state of political development.
Subject
  • Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 > Influence
  • Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006
  • Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006 > influenser
  • Since 2003
  • Geschichte 2003-2009
  • Islam and politics > Iraq
  • Democratization > Iraq
  • Insurgency > Iraq
  • Postwar reconstruction > Iraq
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Democratization
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Insurgency
  • Islam and politics
  • Politics and government
  • Postwar reconstruction
  • Politik
  • Demokratisierung
  • Islam och politik > Irak
  • Irakkriget 2003-
  • Iraq > Politics and government > 2003-
  • Iraq > History > 2003-
  • Iraq
  • Irak
  • Irak > politik och förvaltning
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- A crushing legacy : the roots of chaos -- Iraq's collapse and the crisis of governance -- The rise of Shi'a power in Iraq -- Setting the stage for insurgency : the Sunni heartland and the Ba'ath regime -- The widening insurgencies : 2003-2007 -- Building a new order -- Iraq looks into the abyss of civil war -- Prospects for stability, prospects for democracy -- Whither transition?
ISBN
  • 9781597973007
  • 1597973009
LCCN
2008047623
OCLC
  • ocn268957404
  • 268957404
  • SCSB-14377797
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library