Table of Contents

Preface, by Gary G. Sick Introduction, by Reeva S. Simon and Eleanor H. Tejirian Chapter 1: The View from Basra: Southern Iraq's Reaction to War and Occupation, 1915-1925, by Judith S. Yaphe Chapter 2: The View from Baghdad, by Reeva S. Simon Chapter 3: Mosul Questions: Economy, Identity, and Annexation, by Sarah Shields Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Iran-Iraq Border, by Lawrence G. Potter Chapter 5:A Kemalist Gambit: A View of the Political Negotiations in the Determination of the Turkish-Iraqi Border, by David Cuthell Chapter 6: Kurds and the Formation of the State of Iraq, 1917-1932, by M. R. Izady Chapter 7: The Oil Resources of Iraq: Their Role in the Policies of the Great Powers, by George E. Gruen Chapter 8: Russia from Empire to Revolution, by Peter J. Sinnott Chapter 9: Britain, France, and the Diplomatic Agreements, by David Fromkin Chapter 10: The United States, the Ottoman Empire, and the Postwar Settlement, by Eleanor H. Tejirian Postscript Additional Readings

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. Eleanor H. Tejirian is an associate research scholar at the Middle East Institute. She is coeditor (with Simon) of Altrusm and Imperialism: Western Religious and Cultural Missions in the Middle East.

Reviews

"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"