Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq

Informationen zum Autor Tareq Y. Ismael is Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada and President of the International Centre for Contemporary Middle East Studies at Eastern Mediterranean University. His most recent works include Middle Cultural Cleansing in Iraq (Pluto, 2009), The Iraqi Predicament (Pluto, 2004) and Iraq (Pluto, 2003). Klappentext This book follows the rise and fall of the Iraqi Communist Party through original records. Zusammenfassung This book was the first comprehensive work to examine the complex transformation of the Iraqi Communist Party! from vanguard actor under Iraq's conservative monarchy to rearguard lackey under US occupation. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Communist Party of Iraq: origins and foundations; 2. Ascent of the ICP in Iraqi politics; 3. Party rift: the emergence of the central leadership; 4. Alliance with the Ba'th; 5. The rebirth of central leadership in the 1970s; 6. Crisis: disintegration or renewal; 7. Conclusion: the legacy.

Product details

• Authors: Tareq Y. Ismael
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107405219
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40521-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Politics & government, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Iraq, Political parties and party platforms