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The old social classes and the revolutionary movements of Iraq: a study of Iraq's old landed and commercial classes and of its Communists, Baʻthists, and Free Officers
Hanna Batatu
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Frontmatter
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List of Tables (page ix)
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List of Illustrations (page xvii)
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List of Maps (page xix)
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Preface (page xxi)
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Book One The Old Social Classes
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PART I INTRODUCTION
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1 The "Old Social Classes": Practical and Theoretical Clarifications; Applicability of Concept; Difficulties of Analysis (page 5)
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2 Of the Diversity of Iraqis, the Incohesiveness of Their Society, and Their Progress in the Monarchic Period toward a Consolidated Political Structure (page 13)
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3 The Geographic Distribution of the Principal Racial-Religious Groups and Relevant Causative Factors (page 37)
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4 Some Religious-Class and Ethnic-Class Correlations (page 44)
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PART II THE MAIN CLASSES AND STATUS GROUPS
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5 The Mallaks or Landowners (page 53)
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6 The Shaikhs, Aghas, and Peasants (page 63)
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7 The Sadah (page 153)
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8 The Old "Aristocracy" of Officals (page 211)
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9 The Chalabis and the Jewish Merchants and Merchant-Sarrafs (page 224)
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10 The Crown and the Ex-Sharifian Officers (page 319)
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Book Two The Communists from the Beginnings of Their Movement to the Fifties
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PART I BEGINNINGS IN THE ARAB EAST
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11 The Earliest "Levelers"; the Armenian Hentchak; the Jewish Communists; and the Communist International (page 367)
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PART II BEGINNINGS IN IRAQ
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12 Husain ar-Rahhal, as-Sahifah Group, and at-Tadamun Club (page 389)
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13 Pyotr Vasili and the Basrah and Nasiriyyah Communist Circles (page 404)
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14 The Founding of the Iraqi Communist Party (page 411)
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15 Two Iraqis-Three Sects (page 434)
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16 Beginning again; or the Communists in the Period of the Coups d'Etat (1936-1941) (page 439)
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PART III CAUSES
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17 Of the General Causes That Made for the Increase of Communism in the Two Decades before the July Revolution (page 465)
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PART IV FAHD AND THE PARTY (1941-1949)
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18 Fahd (page 485)
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19 Toward a Tightly Knit, Ideologically Homogeneous Party (page 493)
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20 New Situations, New Approaches (page 523)
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21 The Arrest of Fahd and after (page 537)
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22 Al-Wathbah (page 545)
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23 The Disaster; the Death of Fahd on the Gallows; the "Children Communists" (page 567)
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24 Fahd, the Communist International, the Soviets, the Syrian Communists, and the People's Party (page 574)
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25 The Communists and the Question of Palestine (page 597)
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26 The Character, Scope, and Forms of Party Activity (page 604)
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27 The Organization, Membership, and Social Structure of the Party (1941-1949) (page 628)
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28 The Finances of the Party (page 653)
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PART V THE PARTY IN THE YEARS 1949-1955, OR THE PERIOD OF THE ASCENDANCY OF THE KURDS IN THE PARTY
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29 Baha'-ud-Din Nuri Rebuilds the Party (page 659)
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30 The Intifadah of November (page 666)
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31 More and More Extremism, Less and Less Sense (page 671)
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32 A Defeat for the Party, or the Birth of the Baghdad Pact (page 679)
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33 A Bit of Forgotten History, or the Tragic Occurrences at the Baghdad and the Kut Prisons (page 690)
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34 A Debate on Religion (page 694)
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35 The Composition of the Party (1949-1955) (page 699)
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Book Three The Communists, the Ba'thists, and the Free Officers from the Fifties to the Present
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36 The Communist Helm Changes Hands, the Communist Ranks Close (page 709)
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37 The New Strong Men of the Communist Party: Hussain Ahmad ar-Radi, 'Amer 'Abdallah, and Jamal al-Haidari (page 712)
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38 The Ba'th of the Fifties: Its Origins, Creed, Organization, and Membership (page 722)
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39 The Arabization of the Communist Party's View and the Risings at Najaf and Hayy in 1956 (page 749)
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40 The Formation of the Supreme National Committee, February 1957 (page 758)
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41 The Free Officers, the Communists, and the July 1958 Revolution (page 764)
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42 "Sole Leader," Dual Power (page 808)
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43 Mutual Antagonism, Mutual Defeat (page 861)
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44 Mosul, March 1959 (page 866)
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45 The Flow (page 890)
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46 Kirkuk, July 1959 (page 912)
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47 The Ebb (page 922)
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48 The Self-Flagellation (page 926)
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49 The Recovery (page 931)
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50 The Bogus Party (page 936)
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51 From Pillar to Post (page 942)
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52 The Ba'thists Make Preparation, the Communists Give Warning (page 966)
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53 "The Bitterest of Years" (page 974)
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54 The Composition and Organization of the Communist Party (1955-1963) (page 995)
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55 The First Ba'thi Regime, or toward One-Party Rule (page 1003)
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56 The Younger 'Aref, the Nasirites, and the Communists (page 1027)
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57 Under the Elder 'Aref, or the Rift in the Communist Ranks (page 1062)
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58 The Second Ba'thi Regime (page 1073)
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59 Conclusion (page 1113)
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APPENDIX ONE. EARLIEST BOLSHEVIK ACTIVITIES AND CONTACTS
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A. "O Moslems! Listen to This Divine Cry!" (page 1137)
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B. The Bolsheviks and the 'Ulama' of the Holy Cities (page 1141)
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C. The Bolsheviks, the Comintern, and the Arab Nationalists (page 1148)
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D. An Overture in Teheran (page 1156)
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APPENDIX TWO. SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES
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Bibliography (page 1231)
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Glossary (page 1253)
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Index I; Names of Families and Tribes (page 1259)
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Index II: Personal Names (page 1262)
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Index III: Subjects (page 1272)
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Published: c1978
Publisher: Princeton University Press
- 9780691021980 (paper)
- 9781400820528 (ebook)