My memoirs : half a century of the history of Iraq and the Arab cause /

These memoirs of the distinguished Iraqi statesman Tawfiq al-Suwaydi (1892-1968) evocatively recapture a now largely vanished Arab world--and are an eloquent reminder that Iraq was once a far more open and tolerant society than it is today. Al-Suwaydi served as Iraq's prime minister three times...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suwaydī, Tawfīq, 1892-1968
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Arabic
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2013.
Temas:
Suwaydī, Tawfīq, > 1892-1968.
Suwaydī, Tawfīq, > 1892-1968
Politicians > Iraq > Biography.
Suwaydai, Tawfaiq.
Politiciens > Irak > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Politics and government
Politicians
Iraq > Politics and government.
Irak > Politique et gouvernement.
Iraq
Autobiography
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Photographs
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Dedication
  • 1. My upbringing
  • 2. In public life: the literary forum
  • 3. Iraq's independence: the Iraqi Congress
  • 4. Faisal in Iraq
  • 5. Democracy in Iraq
  • 6. Oil concessions
  • 7. The Hashemite-Saudi clash
  • 8. On Iraqi politics
  • 9. My first term as Prime Minister
  • 10. Abd al-Muhsin al-Saʻdun
  • 11. Nuri al-Saʻid enters the scene
  • 12. Minister plenipotentiary in Tehran
  • 13. At the League of Nations
  • 14. The ill-fated coups begin
  • 15. Geneva, Paris, London, Ankara
  • 16. Events on the brink of war
  • 17. At the London conference on the Palestine issue
  • 18. Unrest in Iraq
  • 19. The Gaylani movement and its outcomes
  • 20. The Arab League
  • 21. My second term as Prime Minister
  • 22. The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1948
  • 23. My third term as Prime Minister
  • 24. The era of king Faisal II
  • 25. The Baghdad Pact
  • 26. Nationalization of the Suez Canal
  • 27. A Hashemite-Saudi rapprochement
  • 28. The Arab Federation
  • 29. Iraq and Kuwait
  • 30. Iraq's catastrophe: July 14, 1958
  • 31. The view from exile
  • 32. Conclusion.

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