The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party of Iraq
Ismael, Tareq Y. This is the first comprehensive work to examine the complex transformation of the Iraqi Communist Party from vanguard actor under Iraq’, s conservative monarchy to rearguard lackey under US occupation. Born in the interlude between two world wars, the Communist Party of Iraq was fostered by Iraq’, s embryonic intelligentsia as an approach to national liberation during the period of British domination. Driven underground or into exile...