Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. Consolidating the Monarchical State, 1921–1936 8
6. Chapter 3. Framing Democracy with a Certain Indifference, 1921–1936 40
7. Chapter 4. The Uncertain Nation, 1921–1936 67
8. Chapter 5. Turbulence in Governance, 1936–1958 92
9. Chapter 6. Potholes in the Democratic Road, 1936–1958 120
10. Chapter 7. Nationalism and the Ethnosectarian Divide, 1936–1958 136
11. Chapter 8. The Monarchy’S Political System, 1921–1958 148
12. Chapter 9. The Authoritarian Republic, 1958–1968 171
13. Chapter 10. The State Rules Without Rules, 1968–2003 209
14. Chapter 11. Politics in the New Era, 2003– 242
15. Chapter 12. W(h)ither Iraq? 275
16. Notes 291
17. Bibliography 343
18. Afterword to the 2013 Edition: So Much Promise, So Many Disappointments 359
19. Index 375