Historical Dictionary of Iraq

Voorkant
Scarecrow Press, 7 nov 2013 - 858 pagina's
Few countries boast as long and often proud a history as Iraq. It can be traced back thousands of years and includes high points with Sumer, Babylon and the Assyrians. It later came under Muslim rule, and also achieved considerable progress, only to be conquered by the Mongols, Ottomans, Mamluks and British. So it was actually only in 1932 that modern Iraq was at least formally in control of its own destiny, and again underwent considerable ups and downs, most recently under the strong but ultimately destructive rule of Saddam Hussein, who has since been replaced by what remains an often ineffectual interim regime.

This long and tortuous path is traced in the Historical Dictionary of Iraq, whose chronology starts in the year 6500 and ends in the year 2012, an amazingly long stretch. Fortunately, this is put into perspective in the introduction, which helps readers understand what went right, and what went wrong, over this period of millennia. The dictionary section then provides further information on significant persons, places and events, ancient civilizations and more recent regimes, political parties and institutions, as well as more generally the economy, society, culture and ethnic groups, and alas the wars. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iraq.
 

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Introduction
1
A
51
B
105
C
139
D
163
E
189
F
205
G
225
P
469
Q
487
R
495
S
513
T
603
U
633
W
653
Y
667

H
235
I
279
J
333
K
357
L
395
M
403
N
441
O
457
Z
675
Appendix A Iraqi Cabinets 19202003
683
Appendix B Revolutionary Command Councils 19682003
729
Appendix C Iraqi Governments 20032012
733
Appendix D Election Results 20052010
743
Bibliography
763
About the Authors
811
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Over de auteur (2013)

Beth K. Dougherty is a professor of international relations at Beloit College, where she specializes in Middle Eastern Affairs. She was the lead author for this second edition, having largely contributed to the first as well.

Edmund Ghareeb is a professor at American University and he was the lead author for the first edition, has also contributed considerably to this second one. He has followed and written on events in the Middle East, and more particularly Iraq, first as a journalist, then as an academic.

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