Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation-Building and a History Denied

Dodge, Toby

ISBN 10: 0231131666 / ISBN 13: 9780231131667

Edité par Columbia Univ Pr, Irvington, New York, U.S.A., 2003

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288pp/map. History of the formation of modern Iraq, Toby Dodge uncovers numerous troubling parallels between the policies of a declining British empire and those of the American government, which together form a cautionary tale. Previous owner name on ffep. Clean. N° de réf. du vendeur 010550

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Titre : Inventing Iraq: The Failure of ...

Éditeur : Columbia Univ Pr, Irvington, New York, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Hard Cover

Etat : As New

Etat de la jaquette : As New

Edition : First Edition

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Never has the old line about those who fail to understand the past being condemned to repeat it seemed more urgently relevant than in Iraq today, with potentially catastrophic consequences for the Iraqi people, the Middle East region, and the world. Examining the construction of the modern state of Iraq under the auspices of the British empire - the first attempt by a Western power to remake Mesopotamia in its own image - renowned Iraq expert Toby Dodge uncovers a series of shocking parallels between the policies of a declining British empire and those of Coalition forces in Iraq since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Dodge shows that the state created by the British held all the seeds of a violent, corrupt, and relentlessly oppressive future for the Iraqi people, one that has continued to unfold. Like the British empire eight decades before, the United States and Britain took upon themselves today the grand task of transforming Iraq and, by extension, the political landscape of the Middle East.