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Summary:

A collection of essays by the late Dr. Ali al-Wardi that highlight Iraq's social, political, and military history. It draws on a multivolume work in Arabic by a highly respected scholar that is found in the libraries of Iraq's intelligentsia and is read by Iraqis throughout the Middle East, including insurgents. It tells how the Ottomans, British, and Safavid Persians dealt with sectarianism in Iraq and describes the battle fought over key areas. It also examines the dynamics of a year-long insurgency against the British in 1920 that ended only when London engineered a political solution to its advantage, the imposition of a monarch under King Feisal. Exploring ways in which previous powers attempted to manage Iraq and containing many lessons that are useful when analyzing conflict in the region this book also explores how the British continued their divide-and-conquer policies when they took over Iraq after WWI. Each chapter is accompanied by a foreword written by a leading American defense authority.

Table of Contents:

• The early Ottoman and Safavid Persian period (fourteenth-eighteenth centuries)
• Iraq and the region (1798-1872)
• Iraq and the region (1865-1914)
• Iraq, the region, and the globe (1914-1918) : World War I
• Events leading to the outbreak of the 1920 revolt (1918-1920)
• Further details of the 1920 revolt (1918-1921) : a seminal event of Iraqi nationalism
• Towards the formation of the kingdom of Iraq (1920-1923)
• Weakening Ottoman control of Arabia before World War I
• Prince Feisal ibn Hussein (1918-1921) : from king of Syria to king of Iraq
• The rise and fall of Hussein ibn Ali : king of the hijaz and sherief of Mecca
• The rise of ibn Saud and decline of Hashemites in Arabia.

Author/Creator:

Al-Wardī, ʻAlī

Contributors:

Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Iraq in turmoil: historical perspectives of Dr. Ali al-Wardi, from the Ottoman Empire to King Feisal [by Al-Wardī, ʻ.]

Subjects:

Iraq — History — 1534-1921

Turks — Iraq — History

General Notes:

Includes index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

DS77 .A38 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781612511009 (electronic bk.)
1612511007 (electronic bk.)
9781612510774 [Invalid]
1612510779 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

811501473

Other Control Numbers:

EBC905466 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp9809027