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.
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.
Introduction; 1. The Ottoman provinces of Baghdad, Basra and Mosul; 2. The British Mandate; 3. The Hashemite monarchy 1932-41; 4. The Hashemite monarchy 1941-58; 5. The republic 1958-68; 6. The Ba`th and the rule of Saddam Husain 1968-2003; 7. The American occupation and the parliamentary republic; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Further reading and research.
Third edition of Charles Tripp's authoritative history of Iraq.
Charles Tripp is Professor of Politics with reference to the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the General Editor of the Cambridge Middle East Studies Series and author of A History of Iraq (3rd Edition, CUP, 2007) and Islam and the Moral Economy: The Challenge of Capitalism (CUP, 2006).
"Tripp offers a very readable account that presents the many
different political figures, the ebb and flow of central government
relations with Kurds and Shi'ites, and the ongoing regional and
international coverage." Foreign Affairs
'Charles Tripp has produced a well-written and well-researched
overview of Iraq's history ... the book's perspective and
interpretation are new and interesting ... This book contains
considerable food for thought ... the volume in hand not only
provides first-rate material for exploring Iraq's past and its
future, but also a plausible account of how the state got where it
is.' The Middle East Journal
Review of the first edition: '... by far the best and most serious
history of Iraq to date.' Efraim Karsh, Reviews in History
Review of the first edition: 'Tripp offers a very readable account
that presents the many different political figures, the ebb and
flow of central government relations with Kurds and Shiites, and
the ongoing regional and international coverage.' Foreign
Affairs
..."a well-written and well-researched overview of Iraq's
history...the book's perspective and interpretation are new and
interesting...the volume in hand not only provides firstrate
material for exploring Iraq's past and its future, but also a
plausible account of how the state got where it is." The Middle
East Journal
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