THE HISTORY OF IRAQ
Courtney Hunt
The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and J- n E. Findling, Series Editors Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut • London
ADVISORY BOARD
John T. Alexander Professor of History and Russian and European Studies, University of Kansas
Robert A. Divine George W. Littlefield Professor in American History Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin
John V. Lombardi Professor of History, University of Florida
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hunt, Courtney.
The history of Iraq / Courtney Hunt.
p. cm. — (The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096-2905) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-313-33414-5 1. Iraq—History. I. Title. II. Series. DS77.H86 2005
956.7—dc22 2005020468
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ISBN: 0-313-33414-5
ISSN: 1096-2905
First published in 2005
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