| Description |
1 online resource (136 pages) : map. |
| Series |
Global history of the present |
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Global history of the present.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-130) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The rise of the modern state -- Dictatorship and war -- Imperialism and the crisis of Kuwait -- The sanctions regime -- Occupation and chaos -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
This book is a concise, readable, yet rigorous narrative of the recent history of Iraq. It focuses on the transformations within the country, placing the people of Iraq at the centre of the changes which began with the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and ended with the current American occupation. The book tells the story of the country in order, but detours to explore themes such as the role of oil, the nature of Saddam Hussain?s state, the social impact of sanctions, the roots of sectarian divisions, and the question of the?artificiality? of Iraq?s borders. Concluding with a critical look at si. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost History Reference Center |
| Subject |
Iraq War (2003-2011) (OCoLC)fst01802311
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1979-1991.
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Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1991-2003.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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Iraq -- Ethnic relations.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Iraq. (OCoLC)fst01205757
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| Chronological Term |
1979-2011
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abdullah, Thabit. Dictatorship, imperialism and chaos. Nova Scotia : Fernwood ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 1842777874 9781842777879 (DLC) 2006025167 (OCoLC)70060201 |
| ISBN |
9781848131286 (electronic book) |
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1848131283 (electronic book) |
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9781848134997 (electronic book) |
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1848134991 (electronic book) |
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1842777874 (alkaline paper) |
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9781842777879 (alkaline paper) |
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1842777866 (alkaline paper) |
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9781842777862 (alkaline paper) |
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1552662047 |
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9781552662045 |
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