Ungovernable Life : Mandatory Medicine and Statecraft in Iraq

Iraq's Healthcare Has Been On The Edge Of Collapse Since The 1990s. Once The Leading Hub Of Scientific And Medical Training In The Middle East, Iraq's Political And Medical Infrastructure Has Been Undermined By Decades Of U.s.-led Sanctions And Invasions. Since The British Mandate, Iraqi Governments Had Invested In Cultivating Iraq's Medical Doctors As Agents Of Statecraft And Fostered Connections To Scientists Abroad. In Recent Years, This Has Been Reversed As Thousands Of Iraqi Doctors Have Left The Country In Search Of Security And Careers Abroad. Ungovernable Life Presents The Untold Story Of The Rise And Fall Of Iraqi Mandatory Medicine--and Of The Destruction Of Iraq Itself. Trained As A Doctor In Baghdad, Omar Dewachi Writes A Medical History Of Iraq, Offering Readers A Compelling Exploration Of State-making And Dissolution In The Middle East. His Work Illustrates How Imperial Modes Of Governance, From The British Mandate To The U.s. Interventions, Have Been Contested, Maintained, And Unraveled Through Medicine And Healthcare. In Tracing The Role Of Doctors As Agents Of State-making, He Challenges Common Accounts Of Iraq's Alleged Political Unruliness And Ungovernability, Bringing Forth A Deeper Understanding Of How Medicine And Power Shape Life And How Decades Of War And Sanctions Dismember Projects Of State-making. Intervention Pathologies -- Vitality Of The State -- Doctors Without Empires -- The Royal College -- Development And Its Discontents -- Infants And Infantry -- Empire Of Patronage. Omar Dewachi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Ungovernable Life: An Introduction......Page 22 1 Intervention Pathologies......Page 50 2 Vitality of the State......Page 66 3 Doctors without Empires......Page 86 4 The Royal College......Page 104 5 Development and Its Discontents......Page 126 6 Infants and Infantry......Page 148 7 Empire of Patronage......Page 172 Conclusion......Page 192 Notes......Page 206 Bibliography......Page 232 B......Page 248 C......Page 250 F......Page 251 I......Page 252 L......Page 254 M......Page 255 O......Page 256 R......Page 257 S......Page 258 U......Page 259 Z......Page 260 Cover 1 Contents 8 Preface 10 Acknowledgments 16 Ungovernable Life: An Introduction 22 1 Intervention Pathologies 50 2 Vitality of the State 66 3 Doctors without Empires 86 4 The Royal College 104 5 Development and Its Discontents 126 6 Infants and Infantry 148 7 Empire of Patronage 172 Conclusion 192 Notes 206 Bibliography 232 Index 248 A 248 B 248 C 250 D 251 E 251 F 251 G 252 H 252 I 252 J 254 K 254 L 254 M 255 N 256 O 256 P 257 Q 257 R 257 S 258 T 259 U 259 V 260 W 260 Y 260 Z 260