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The Two July 1968 Coups in Iraq: The Bacth is Returning to Power

In: Asian and African Studies, vol. 26, no. 2
R. Sorby Karol
Detaily:
Rok, strany: 2017, 297 - 318
Kľúčové slová:
Situation in Iraq after the June War; dissatisfaction on the political scene; plans for overthrowing the regime; the coup of 17 July; power struggle after the coup; the coup of 30 July; the Bacth in power again.
O článku:
In Iraq on 8 February 1963 the Socialist Party of Arab Resurrection (the Bacth Party) carried out an armed coup. It overthrew the regime of cAbdalkarīm Qāsim and came to power. Its short reign turned out as an unsuccessful experiment and ended on 18 November of the same year in a countercoup staged by the army. A difficult period followed in which the Bacth leadership worked to overthrow the existing military regime and restore its former position. The Bacthists returned to power by accomplishing two coups, one on 17 July and the other on 30 July 1968. In both instances, they prevailed by stratagem rather than through force. In the first they deposed the president by allying themselves with his closest aides. In the second they got rid of their inconvenient temporary allies. The two distinct groups which in an odd alliance finally carried out the first coup were the Bacth Party and a small group of dissatisfied supporters of the regime whose leaders were cAbdarrazzāq an-Nāyif and Ibrāhīm ad-Dā’ūd. The two men who held the fate of the regime in their hands belonged to a group of younger moderate Arab nationalist officers within the army.
Ako citovať:
ISO 690:
Sorby Karol, R. 2017. The Two July 1968 Coups in Iraq: The Bacth is Returning to Power. In Asian and African Studies, vol. 26, no.2, pp. 297-318. 1335-1257.

APA:
Sorby Karol, R. (2017). The Two July 1968 Coups in Iraq: The Bacth is Returning to Power. Asian and African Studies, 26(2), 297-318. 1335-1257.