Identity and Nation in Iraq

by   and Sherko Kirmanj

Sherko Kirmanj offers a balanced, critical analysis of the evolution of Iraqi national identity and the process of national integration, tracing a history of antagonisms and violence from the creation of the state in 1921 to mid-2012. Challenging approaches that variously blame the legacy of the Baathist regime or the US invasion for the sectarian violence that plagues Iraq, Kirmanj delves into the political and social dynamics involved across the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588268853
• ISBN13: 9781588268853
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Length: 319 Pages