Sovereign creations : pan-Arabism and political order in Syria and Iraq

Pan-Arab unionism ignited passions and dominated politics in the Middle East throughout the 1950s and 1960s and has continued to reassert itself periodically. In this elegantly written study, Malik Mufti investigates the persistence and the failure of pan-Arab initiatives, examining their significance in the political development of Syria and Iraq. Contents Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Arab State as a Conceptual Variable Part I Hashemite Unionism: 1920-1954 1 Prelude: The Postwar Settlement 2 Foundations of the Iraqi State 3 Foundations of the Syrian State Part II Radical Unionism: 1954-1967 4 New Cleavages 5 The Struggle for Syria: 1954-1957 6 The Road to Unity: 1957-1958 7 The Fall of the Hashemites in Iraq 8 Nasser and Qasim 9 Renewed Unionism: 1963-1964 10 The Closing of an Era: 1964-1967 11 Legacies of the Praetorian Era Part III The Post-Unionist State in Iraq and Syria 12 Saddam's State 13 Assad's State Conclusion Bibliography Index