1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small
Iraq vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest so UK should withdraw from Mosul
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1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small
Iraq vulnerable to Turkey tribal unrest so UK should withdraw from Mosul
Dawisha, Adeed, Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation, Princeton University Press, 2009
Adeed Dawisha’s Iraq, A Political History from Independence to Occupation attempts to trace the history of the formation of the Iraqi state and its political system. He begins with the British Mandate when Iraq was created up until the middle of the U.S. occupation. His main theme is that Iraqi democracy has always been flawed.
1916 British withdrew from Butaniya and attacked by tribesmen British suffered 373 casualties Arabs
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1919 Gertrude Bell met with Naqib of Baghdad who said he wanted British rule in Iraq under Sir Percy Cox
Warned that Shiites should not be trusted Said didn’t want any of the Sharifan family to rule because were not from Iraq
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1914 Lord Hardinge visited Basra Assured locals that British would protect their interests
Met by anti-UK protests in Qurna and Shaiba
1922 UK Sec of War Evans wrote cabinet Iraqi army weak British military presence small Iraq vulnerable to Turkey triba...