The Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921

Edited by Reeva Spector Simon and Eleanor H. Tejirian

Paper, 200 pages, 8 maps
ISBN: 978-0-231-13293-0
$25.50 / £15.00

January, 2005
Cloth, 200 pages, 8 maps
ISBN: 978-0-231-13292-3
$74.00 / £43.50

"Here is a well-executed collective effort to present...the Iraqi-British story...A succinct yet comprehensive account of this period." — L. Carl Brown, Foreign Affairs

"“A concise and multifaceted overview of the circumstances that led to the creation of modern Iraq out of the ruins of the Ottoman empire.” -Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions" — Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions

About the Author

Reeva Spector Simon is a research scholar at the Middle East Institute at Columbia University and coeditor of The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. She is also author of Iraq Between the Two World Wars: The Militarist Origins of Tyranny (Columbia). Eleanor H. Tejirian is an associate research scholar at the Middle East Institute. She is coeditor (with Simon) of Altruism and Imperialism: Western Religious and Cultural Missions in the Middle East.

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