1. The Beginning of the State 2. Structural Instability 2.1. The Structure and Distribution of the Population 2.2. The Tribes and the System of Land Tenure 3. The Creation of the State 3.1. A Review of British Interests in Iraq Between the Two World Wars 3.2. The Creation of the Monarchy 3.3. The Iraqi Political System 3.4. The Structure of the Iraqi Cabinet from October 1920 to October 1936 3.5. The Nature of Opposition Between 1920 and October 1936 4. The Army 4.1. The Formation of the Iraqi Army 4.2. Organisation and Composition 4.3. The Expansion of the Army, 1921-36 5. First Ventures of the Army into Politics 5.1. The Assyrian Question 5.2. The Significance of King Faisal’s Death 5.3. Revolt and Containment: the Tribal Uprising of 1935-6 6. The Bakir Sidqi Coup of October 1936 6.1. The Possible Causes of the Coup and the Ideology and Social Characteristics of its Leaders 6.2. The Attitude of the King 6.3. The Attitude of Britain 6.4 The End of the Coup Government 7. Coups and Counter-Coups 7.1. Iraqi Governments Between August 1937 and May 1941 7.2. The Fourth Coup 8. The Rashid ‘Ali Coup and British Intervention 9. Conclusions Appendix 1. The Programme of the Popular Reform League Appendix 2. Translation of ‘Programme of Policy’ Issued by the Cabinet of Saiyid Hikmat Sulaiman Appendix 3. Kurdish Petition Appendix 4. Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of alliance, 30 June 1930
Mohammad A. Tarbush
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