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The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division?

By Liam Anderson , Gareth Stansfield

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2004
ISBN
9781403963543, 1403963541
Open Library ID
OL22604261M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4954370 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
274\274
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

Reordering Iraq is the lynchpin of America's successful involvement in the Middle East. The challenge may be impossible. The Future of Iraq provides a primer on the history and political dynamics of this pivotal state divided by ethnic, religious, and political antagonisms, and provocatively argues that the least discussed future of Iraq might be the best: Managed partition. Anderson and Stansfield incisively analyze the dilemmas of American policy. They suggest that even a significant American presence will not stabilize Iraq because it is an artificial state and its people have never shared a common identity. In addition the legacy of tyrannical rule and the primacy of political violence is eroded social bonds and entrenched tribal allegiances, fallow ground for democracy. They provide the basic information and the provocative analysis crucial to informed debate and decision.

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