Liam Anderson, Gareth Stansfield

The Future of Iraq (eBook, ePUB)

Dictatorship, Democracy or Division?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Reordering Iraq is the lynchpin of America's successful involvement in the Middle East. The challenge may be impossible. The Future of Iraq provides a primer on the history and political dynamics of this pivotal state divided by ethnic, religious, and political antagonisms, and provocatively argues that the least discussed future of Iraq might be the best: Managed partition.

Anderson and Stansfield incisively analyze the dilemmas of American policy. They suggest that even a significant American presence will not stabilize Iraq because it is an artificial state and its people have never shared a common identity. In addition the legacy of tyrannical rule and the primacy of political violence is eroded social bonds and entrenched tribal allegiances, fallow ground for democracy. They provide the basic information and the provocative analysis crucial to informed debate and decision.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466886742
• Artikelnr.: 42136063

Autorenporträt

Liam Anderson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. With Gareth Stansfield he is co-author of The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division?

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Iraq 1920-1958: The Hashemite Monarchy
Iraq 1958-1979: Revolution, Republic and Renaissance
Iraq 1968-1988: From One-Party to One-Man Rule
Iraq 1988-2003: Saddam's Survival
Kurdish Nationalism in the Arab Nationalist State
The Sunni Minority Rule
The Disenfranchised Majority Shi'a
Engineering a Future for Iraq
Conclusion