Iraq Between Occupations Perspectives from 1920 to the Present

by Zeidel, Ronen; Baram, Amatzia; Rohde, Achim

• ISBN13: 9780230107106
• ISBN10: 0230107109
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This edited volume represents a re-examination of the most central issues in the history of the Iraqi nation state until the American occupation (1920-2003) and, in the light of that history, a re-evaluation of developments under the occupation (2003-2008). By re-visiting Iraq's history, the contributors are offering a fresh look at the contradictions, oscillations and development of the Iraqi nation and its sense of identity, as well as the American occupation, and are suggesting what it all may mean in terms of the future of Iraq.

Author Biography

Amatzia Baram is Professor and Director of the Center for Iraq Studies at University of Haifa. Ronen Zeidel is Fellow in the Center for Iraq Studies at University of Haifa.

Table of Contents

Introduction-- Amatzia Baram, Ronen Zeidel, and Achim Rohde * Part I: Iraq between a Nation State and Ethno-Sectarian Divides: A Re-appraisal * One Iraq or Many: What has happened to Iraqi Identity?--Phebe Marr * Kurds, Arabs and Iraqis: A History of a Clash of Identities--Sherko Kirmanj * The Kurdish Phoenix: Nation-Building in a Failed Iraqi Nation-State--Ofra Bengio * A Kurdish Leadership in Iraq: Facing the New Challenges, the Danger and the Chances of the Post-Saddam Era--Michael Eppel * Part II: Aspects of Iraqi History under the Monarchy * The Roots of Democratic Thinking in Iraq and their Contemporary Implications: Discourses on Democracy in the Hashemite Period 1921-1958 through the Vision of ‘Abd al-Fattah Ibrahim’--Orit Bashkin * Women under the Monarchy: A Backdrop for Post-Saddam Events--Noga Efrati * Part III: The Ba’th Era and Beyond * Understanding Ba’thist Iraq? Toward a Comparative Historiography of Dictatorships--Achim Rohde * Sadr the Father, Sadr the Son, and the ‘Revolution in Shi’ism’--Amatzia Baram * On Servility and Survival: the Sunni Opposition to Saddam and the Origins of the Current Sunni Leadership in Iraq--Ronen Zeidel * The Iraqi Military under the Ba’th Regime: the Case of the Iraqi Armed Forces in Operation Desert Storm and the Impact of Desert Storm on its Performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom--Pesah Malovany * Iraq's Economy 2003-2008--Joseph Sassoon * Part IV: The US in Iraq 2003-2007/8 * The U.S. in Iraq: The Dual Challenge of Insurgent and Sectarian Violence--Michael Eisenstadt * Amateur Hour in Iraq: A Worm`s Eye View of the Failure of Nation Building--A. Heather Coyne * Until They Leave: Liberation, Occupation, and Insurgency in Iraq--Judith Yaphe