TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dawisha,Adeed
TI  - Iraq: a political history from independence to occupation 
SN  - 9780691139579 (alk. paper)
AV  - DS70.95 .D39 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Princeton, NJ
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Iraq
KW  - History
KW  - 1921-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1921-1958
KW  - 1958-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Consolidating the monarchical state, 1921-1936 -- Framing democracy with a certain indifference, 1921-1936 -- The uncertain nation, 1921-1936 -- Turbulence in governance, 1936-1958 -- Potholes in the democratic road, 1936-1958 -- Nationalism and the ethnosectarian divide, 1936-1958 -- The monarchy's political system, 1921-1958 -- The authoritarian republic, 1958-1969 -- The state rules without rules, 1968-2003 -- Politics in the new era, 2003-  -- W(h)ither Iraq?
ER  -