The author argues that a part of the history of nation building in Iraq through addressing its political characters, different communities, agreements and pan Arab ideology, including the Baath ideology and its attempts to seize power through nondemocratic methods. It is an attempt to approach the essence of the exclusion mentality of the ruling elite in order to understand the process of genocide against the Kurdish people, including all existing religious minorities.
This essence of the process has been approached in the framework of the civilizing and de-civilizing process as a main theory of the German sociologist, Norbert Elias.
Thus, this book may be considered as one of the comprehensive books to present a study of state-building in Iraq, along with identifying some of the political figures that had an essential impact on the construction. On the other hand, it is a comprehensive study of the genocide, in the sense of searching for the causes and roots of the genocide. The Anfal campaigns took place in 1988, but the process started as far back as the end of the sixties and the beginning of the seventies of the last century.
Author(s): Ibrahim Sadiq
Series: Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations
Publisher: Lexington Books
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 246
City: Lanham
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
The Day of the Resurrection
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Overview of the Chapters
Notes
References
Chapter 1: Iraq, under the Theoretical Mirror: Nation Building and Genocide
Theoretical Perspective
State Formation
Monopoly and State Building
Nation State
De-Civilizing Process
Ethnocentrism
Summary
References
Chapter 2: Nation Building and Arab-Centrism in Iraq
Iraqi State Formation
Toward Genocide
The Emergence of the Baath Party
The Phenomenon of Militias
Summary
Notes
References
Chapter 3: Genocide and the De-Civilizing Process in Iraq
Adopting Violence
The Second Baath Regime and Violence
Faili Kurds: The Weakest Chain
The Expulsion
The Deportation
Evacuation and Forced Camps
The Kurds: The Fuel of Others’ War
Barzani Gendercide
The Martyr Halabja4
Summary
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Genocide and the De-Civilizing Process in Iraq: The Anfal Campaigns1
The Essence of Anfal
Mood of the War: Does It Matter?
The Preparation
Concentration Camps
The Anfals, or in Kurdish “Anfalekan”
The Process of Annihilation
Characteristics of the Anfal Campaigns
Summary
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Personal Views and Experiences in the Process of Iraqi State Formation and Ideology
The Establishment and the Instability
Annexation and Unity
Baath’s Ideology
The Coup and Totalitarian Authority
In Order to Find a Target
Summary
Note
References
Chapter 6: Personal Views and Experiences in the Process of Genocide
The Arabization Policy of the BP
Forced Complexes
The New Era of Destruction
Anfal Campaigns (Final Solution)
The Preparation for the Anfal Campaigns
Summary
Notes
References
Conclusion
References
Index
About the Author
