Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division? / Edition 2

Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division? / Edition 2

ISBN-10:
1403971447
ISBN-13:
9781403971449
Pub. Date:
09/17/2005
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10:
1403971447
ISBN-13:
9781403971449
Pub. Date:
09/17/2005
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division? / Edition 2

Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division? / Edition 2

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Overview

Reordering Iraq is the lynchpin of America's successful involvement in the Middle East. The challenge may be impossible. The Future of Iraq provides a primer on the history and political dynamics of this pivotal state divided by ethnic, religious, and political antagonisms, and provocatively argues that the least discussed future of Iraq might be the best: Managed partition.

Anderson and Stansfield incisively 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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403971449
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 09/17/2005
Edition description: Second Edition, Revised
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Liam Anderson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
Gareth Stansfield is Reader in Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter, and Associate Fellow of the Middle East Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction * Iraq 1920-1958: The Hashemite Monarchy * Iraq 1958-1979: Revolution, Republic and Renaissance * Iraq 1968-1988: From One-Party to One-Man Rule * Iraq 1988-2003: Saddam's Survival * Kurdish Nationalism in the Arab Nationalist State * The Sunni Minority Rule * The Disenfranchised Majority Shi'a * Engineering a Future for Iraq * Conclusion

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"A well-organized primer....offering some refreshing takes on past events....An excellent volume for Iraq-bound civilians and soldiers seeking to bone up, and for the general reader trying to get a mental toehold in the region."--Publishers Weekly

"This is a provocative, readable and realistic examination of a country that never worked. Anderson and Stansfield provide an insightful history focused on the core dilemma of Iraq--no one wanted to be an Iraqi, preferring ethnic, sectarian, or tribal identities--and focus on exactly the right prescription for the future: voluntary union or partition. Far from transforming the Middle East, a democratic Iraq could well splinter into its Arab and Kurdish components. The Future of Iraq explains why this is far from the worst outcome. This book should reshape the debate about what to do in Iraq."--Peter W. Galbraith, Former Ambassador

"This is the book that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair--and everyone else vitally interested in the future of Iraq--should read. Anderson and Stansfield’s cogent account of Iraq's bloody history, its failure to create national identity or unity, and the erosion of its governmental institutions under Saddam, supports their skepticism that a democratic, unified Iraq will somehow emerge from the ashes. Given animosities among Kurds and Arabs, Shi’a and Sunnis, and a Hobbesian world of revived tribalism, the authors offer the sobering suggestion that a unified Iraq may be untenable and that the country might better be partitioned. This provocative perspective will surely generate a much needed debate."--Robert Springborg, MBI al Jaber Professor of Middle East Studies, School ofOriental and African Studies, University of London

"Moving at a cracking pace, with some trenchant indictments of scheming imperialists and a chilling analysis of Saddam's Baathist order, this account lays bare the faultlines that now threaten Iraq with disintegration. No one who played a role in the evolution of this fractured polity escapes unscathed, except possibly the beleagured Kurds and disaffected Shia. Anderson and Stansfield offer an important perspective on how we reached this point, and a thoughtful set of possible alternatives of the country's future."--Dr. Rosemary Hollis, Head of Middle East Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs (London)
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