Memories of State

Eric Davis is Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University. He is author of Statecraft in the Middle East: Oil, Historical Memory, and Popular Culture (1991) and Challenging Colonialism: Bank Misr and Egyptian Industrialization, 1920-1941 (1983).

• List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Formation of the Iraqi Intelligentsia and Modern Historical Memory 3. Nationalism, Memory, and the Decline of the Monarchical State 4. Memory, the Intelligentsia, and the Antinomies of Civil Society, 1945--1958 5. The Crucible: The July 1958 Revolution and the Struggle over Historical Memory 6. Memories of State Ascendant, 1968--1979 7. Memories of State in Decline, 1979--1990 8. Memories of State and the Arts of Resistance 9. Memories of State or Memories of the People? Iraq Following the Gulf War 10. Conclusion Appendix: Charter 91 Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

"Eric Davis eschews traditional histories of Iraq that have tended to emphasize political personalities and struggles amongst them, and focuses instead on the relationships between culture and political control, civil society and state institutions, and intellectuals and policy makers. The result is an innovative and multi-layered analysis that is a pleasure to read." - Adeed Dawish, author or Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century: From Triumph to Despair"