The Future of Iraq
Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division
Published on 21. February 2004
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4039-6354-3 (ISBN)
Description
Anderson and Stansfield 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Gordonsville
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 51 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-6354-3 (9781403963543)
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Content
Introduction - violence, Sunni dominance, lack of democracy, lack of central identity. Part one - History in short: uneasy lies the crown - 1919-1958; divisions and renaissance - 1958-1968; Saddam behind the scenes - 1968-1978; Saddam from war to war - 1978-1991; Saddam survives - 1992-. Part two - Iraq's component parts: the Kurds - repressed and revived; the Shias - the oppressed majority; the Sunnis - control through blood. Part three - Iraq's future: possibilities, fears, divisions, break up.