POLS 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Saddam Hussein, Faisal Ii Of Iraq, Iranian Revolution

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 157
• Professor: Peter S Henne

Document Summary

Has grand historical legacies do 2 important islamic holy sites and babylonian and assyrian empires which formerly stood there. Came under british rule, including shias, sunnis, kurds and christians: britain interested in the oil fields and set up a monarchy to rule. Gained independence in 1932 under king faisal, respected, but died in 1933: elites fought for control leading to instability, coup in 1936 set off a cycle of instability and other coups. Prime minister rashid ali in 1941, during world war two refused to join the british side in. 1958 coup overthrew the monarchy, brutally killing king faisal ii, with qasam in place as the war leading a revolt that lost to britain: jewish population attacked the new king, overthrew by ba"ath in 1963. 1968 coup ba"ath but al-bakir in power: sadam hussein involved in the coup and rose through the hierarchy. Ran the military by the 1970s, pushed out al-bakir, purge the party of enemies.