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Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation-Building and a History Denied
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Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation-Building and a History Denied |
This could almost be classified under social history, insomuch as it details how the peculiar brand of British bigotry of the time (a 'noble savage'-style preference for tribal chieftains over Ottoman-educated burecrats) undermined the social and institutional fabric of the Mandate they were charged with developing. Revealingly parallels recent (and admittedly arguable) American political blunders (de-Baathification for instance) with those of the post-WWI era.
Posted by Tamerlane at March 7, 2006 07:24 PM
Filed Under: Iraq
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