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Beth K. Dougherty is the Manger Professor of International Relations at Beloit College. Her research and teaching interests include Iraq and the Middle East more broadly, human rights, and transitional justice mechanisms.‘Iraq, the land of Hamurabi and Harun al-Rashid, has played a long and unique role in the history of human civilization. The oldest civilization known to humankind evolved on the shores of its twin rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The great cities of antiquity—Uruk, Ur, Akkad, Babylon, al-Basra, Mawsil, and Baghdad—were major centers of high culture and political power for much of the course of human history. This updated edition offers new and expanded coverage of a broad range of political, economic, security, cultural, and religious topics, including the emergence of a sustained protest movement for reform, the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and the Kurdish independence referendum.
This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Iraq contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iraq.
Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Editor’s Foreword
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix A: ‘Iraqi Cabinets, 1920-2003
Appendix B: Revolutionary Command Councils, 1968–2003
Appendix C: ‘Iraqi Governments, 2003-2018
Appendix D: Election Results, 2005-2018
Bibliography
About the Authors
There is a lot to like about Scarecrow's various Historical Dictionaries series. The books are written by experts in the area or country that is covered. All contain well-written brief histories of the country and chronologies that, though they cover historical time periods, heavily feature more recent events. Brief A-Z entries cover the main people, politics, social issues, foreign affairs, institutions, and policies that make the country unique. Extensive bibliographies are divided into several general subject areas. -Booklist The Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East series is the most covers some two-thirds of humanity. Volumes deal with a range of nations: everything from the fairly small states widely dispersed through the Pacific to others focusing on giants like India, China, and Indonesia. Each historical dictionary includes a map, list of acronyms, chronology, bibliography and the core "dictionary," with hundreds of cross-referenced entries on persons, places, events, institutions and related political, economic, social, and cultural aspects. As with the other series, these books are written by well-known country specialists and are periodically updated to keep abreast of the times. Readers interested in Asia will probably also want to consult some other volumes in other series, for example, those dealing with Asian religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Shinto, Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism), or Asian cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Guangdong), or warfare (World War II, Persian Gulf War, Afghan Wars, Korean War, Vietnam War), or peoples and ethnic groups (Kurds), or historical eras (Mongol World Empire, Ottoman Empire).
Series Editor: Jon Woronoff