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A History of Iraq 3rd Edition, Kindle Edition

by Charles Tripp (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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.
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    Cambridge University Press
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    August 30, 2007
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"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

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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).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00INYMIKK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 3rd edition (August 30, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 30, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6845 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 388 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 65 ratings

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Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent general history
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2010
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"A History of Iraq" is an excellent, readable narrative covering Iraq's modern period from its creation out of the Ottoman Empire through today.

The first chapter provides background on the Ottoman provinces that make up today's Iraq and then it goes on to cover six more modern historical periods: The British Mandate; The Hashemite Monarchy, 1932-41; The Hashemite Monarchy, 1941-58; The Republic, 1958-68; The Ba'th and the Rule of Saddam Husain, 1968-2003; and The American Occupation and the Parliamentary Republic.

Compared to other books on Iraq published today, Tripp merely provides a historical narrative without political histrionics or polemics. Yet, still, in the end you feel you have a better understanding of the "why" of Saddam Husain, and "why" Iraq is where it is today with the potential of parliamentary democracy. Throughout these historical periods, there's one constant regardless of the leadership and type government; that is the power of patronage and its use by the nation's leaders to get and maintain control of power.

Yet, it's not as simple as it would seem given the Shi'a vs. Sunni vs. Arab vs. Persian vs. Kurd dynamic. It makes for a much more complicated environment than exists in other Islamic countries where one religious group or ethnicity tends to dominate...if anything, you're struck by the need for Iraq's leadership to compromise with all major groups -- and if it doesn't, the other groups can, will, and have created violent political instability throughout Iraq's modern history. Generalizations about Iraq cannot be made without significant qualifiers and caveats.

A definite must read for anyone who wants to understand Iraq while avoiding the tremendous political bias that tends to dominate most books on Iraq today.
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Hans J. B. Wiborg
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want a better understanding of Iraq...
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
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...this is a good place to start. Interesting, insigthful and relatively short on Iraq history (ap. 300 pages with photos). Focus on politics and the way different groups and actors inside and outside Iraq have used the Iraqi state to advance their interst and how other groups have tried to avoid or to fight the powers of the same state. Three factors play out in this dark neverending drama: patrimonialism, oil and violence.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating book
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2009
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This book neutrally presents a recent history of Iraq in details. As a novice of the Middle East, I tremendously enjoyed this book and found it fascinating (although I was overwhelmed with the many different names in the book from time to time and it took me more than three months to finish).

For the last few centuries, Iraq has not evolved much and is still stuck in the past. It is a country built on patronage networks. Those who have been in power constantly persecute and eliminate those opposition who are deemed threatening.

It is in stark contrast with Western democratic societies where the freedom of speech is treasured and opposing voices will not be silenced.
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Ed Comstock
5.0 out of 5 stars A great history that all Americans should read
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2012
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Do you want a better understanding of our current relationship with Iraq? This book does a great job of explaining why Iraq is such a volatile country, and why we have such a strained relationship. It's so good that I told my teen to share it with her high school history teacher when they were studying the Middle East.
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Rodney Snow
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015
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Good for recent modern history.
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Julia R. Valdez
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2020
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Interesting Book as it helps to understand parts of Modern Iraq.
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Rafiki
5.0 out of 5 stars I honestly bought this book to appear sophisticated but it's ...
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2016
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I honestly bought this book to appear sophisticated but it's 5 stars at doing that. It sits on my shelf and if anybody asks about it I just say, yeah, they had it rough, and they totally think I read the thing.
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Anela Malik
5.0 out of 5 stars Great as a Primer
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2017
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Essential reading for a primer on Iraq (or Phebe Marr). Once you are done, move onto Batatu and al-Wardi for deeper analysis.
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lmb
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on the history of Iraq- recommended as academic text
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2015
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Fantastic book, excellently written.
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Mrs I Chan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2015
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Very good book
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duncan wood
4.0 out of 5 stars And the sad facts are that even today the politicians think we ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2014
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Every member of parliament should be made to read this book before they are allowed to vote on Middle Eastern issues. It also explains what happens when foreign powers destabilize countries by introducing alien concepts. I am not talkin about the recent invasion but how the country was doomed to instability as a result of its creation in the 1920's and the example the English gave in ruling its colonies. The British Empire was truly the engine to create instability globally for the next century. And the sad facts are that even today the politicians think we can go into foreign counties and create models of little Britain.
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Khalid
1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2018
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i ordered this book i never received it
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