The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division - Hardcover

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9781403963543: The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division

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ISBN 10: 1403963541 ISBN 13: 9781403963543

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Anderson and Stansfield 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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Review:

'This is the book that President Bush and Prime Minister Blair and everyone else vitally interested in the future of Iraq-should read. This provocative perspective will surely generate a much needed debate.' - Robert Springborg, MBI al Jaber Professor of Middle East Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

'This is a provocative, readable and realistic examination of a country that never worked. Anderson and Stansfield provide an insightful history focused on the core dilemma of Iraq. This book should reshape the debate about what to do in Iraq.' - Peter W. Galbraith, Former Ambassador

'Moving at a cracking pace, with some trenchant indictments of scheming imperialists and a chilling analysis of Saddam's Baathist order, this account lays bare the faultlines that now threaten Iraq with disintegration. Anderson and Stansfield offer an important perspective on how we reached this point, and a thoughtful set of possible alternatives for the country's future.'- Dr. Rosemary Hollis, Head of Middle East Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK

About the Author:

Liam Anderson is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He lives in Riverside, Ohio.

Gareth Stansfield is Leverhulme Special Research Fellow in the Institute of Arab & Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom, and is Fellow of the Middle East Program at the Royal Institute for International Affairs.

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