The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq

by Tareq Y. Ismael

Book Overview

This comprehensive work examines the complex transformation of the Iraqi Communist Party from vanguard actor under Iraq's conservative monarchy to rearguard lackey under US occupation. Born in the interlude between two world wars, the Communist Party of Iraq was fostered by Iraq's embryonic intelligentsia as an approach to national liberation during the period of British domination. Driven underground or into exile by successive waves of Baathist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107405211
• ISBN13: 9781107405219
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"