Iraq Between the Two World Wars

The Militarist Origins of Tyranny

Szerző: Reeva Spector Simon

Nyelv:

Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Columbia University Press

Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten

Küldés 14-21 napon belül

15 945 Ft

Why did a group from the Iraqi army seize control of the government and wage a disastrous war agains...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Reeva Spector Simon

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2004

oldal

256

EAN

9780231132152

ISBN

0231132158

Enbook ID

04558156

Kiadó

Columbia University Press

Súly

349

Méretek

153 x 230 x 14

Teljes leírás

Why did a group from the Iraqi army seize control of the government and wage a disastrous war against Great Britain, rejecting British and liberal values for those of a militaristic Germany? What impact did these actions have on the thirty-year regime of Saddam Hussein? Departing from previous studies explaining modern Iraqi history in terms of class theory, Reeva Simon shows that cultural and ideological factors played an equal, if not more important, role in shaping events. In 1921 the British created Iraq, and an entourage of ex-Ottoman army officers, the Sharifians, became the new ruling elite. Simon contends that this elite, returning to an Iraq made up of different ethnic, religious, and social groups, had to weld these disparate elements into a nation. Pan-Arabism was to be the new ideological source of unity and loyalty. Schools and the army became the means through which to implant it, and a series of military coups gave the officers the chance to act in its name. The result was an abortive revolt against Britain in 1941. And the legacy of the revolt is still apparent in the next two generations of Iraqi officers that led to the regime of Saddam Hussein. This updated edition locates the sources of Iraqi nationalism in the experience of these ex-Ottoman army officers who used the emergent pan-Arabism to weld a disparate population into a nation. Simon shows that the relationships forged between Iraqi officers and Germans in Istanbul before WWI left deep legacies that go a long way toward explaining the disastrous war against Great Britain in 1941, the rejection of liberal values, the revolution of 1958 in which the military finally seized power, and the outlook of the leadership recently overthrown by American and British armies.

Érdekelheti

Azok a vásárlók, akik ezt a könyvet megvásárolták, a következőket is megvásárolták

Leggyakrabban keresett

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Termékek

Termékek

Leggyakrabban keresett

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Termékek

Termékek

Iraq Between the Two World Wars

The Militarist Origins of Tyranny

Információk a könyvről

Teljes leírás

Érdekelheti

Azok a vásárlók, akik ezt a könyvet megvásárolták, a következőket is megvásárolták