A History of Iraq

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ID23398302
AuthorsCharles Tripp (0000-0002-8670-4521, University of London, corresponding author)
Year2007
Publication date2007-08-30
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueHistory of Iraq (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511804304
OpenAlexW4240386524
Open LibraryOL34503701M
ISBN9780511804304
LanguageEN
Citations received67

To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp's history is the book to read. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classic in the field of Middle East studies, read and admired by students, soldiers, policymakers and journalists. The book is now updated to include the recent American invasion, the fall and capture of Saddam Hussein and the subsequent descent into civil strife. What is clear is that much that has happened since 2003 was foreshadowed in the account found in this book. Tripp's thesis is that the history of Iraq throughout the twentieth-century has made it what it is today, but also provides alternative futures. Unless this is properly understood, many of the themes explored in this book - patron-client relations, organized violence, sectarian, ethnic and tribal difference - will continue to exert a hold over the future of Iraq as they did over its past.

Descent (aeronautics) · Ethnic group · Futures contract · Geography · Middle East · Political science · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · 1921 · Historia · Iraq · politics and government

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