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The Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921

  • Edited by: Reeva Spector Simon and Eleanor Tejirian
  • Preface by: Gary Sick
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2004
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Leading scholars consider Iraq's history and strategic importance from the vantage point of its residents, neighbors (Iran, Turkey, and Kurdistan), and the Great Powers.

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Reeva Spector Simon is a research scholar at the Middle East Institute at Columbia University and coeditor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. She is also author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny (Columbia). Eleanor H. Tejirian is an associate research scholar at the Middle East Institute. She is coeditor (with Simon) of Altruism and Imperialism: Western Religious and Cultural Missions in the Middle East.

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"A concise and multifaceted overview of the circumstances that led to the creation of modern Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman empire." -Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions

L. Carl Brown:
Here is a well-executed collective effort to present...the Iraqi-British story...A succinct yet comprehensive account of this period.


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The Creation of Iraq: The Frontier as State
Reeva Spector Simon and Eleanor H. Tejirian
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Southern Iraq’s Reaction to War and Occupation, 1915–1925
Judith S. Yaphe
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Reeva Spector Simon
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Lawrence G. Potter
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A View of the Political Negotiations in the Determination of the Turkish-Iraqi Border
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M. R. Izady
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Their Role in the Policies of the Great Powers
George E. Gruen
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The Illusion of the Emerging Nation State in the South Caucasus and Beyond
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Eleanor H. Tejirian
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December 8, 2004
eBook ISBN:
9780231509206
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8 maps
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