JESEŇ 1958: ZÁPAS O POLITICKÚ ORIENTÁCIU IRACKEJ REPUBLIKY

• Authors: Sorby Karol

Title variants

EN

Autumn of 1958: A struggle for the political orientation of the Republic of Iraq

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

After the successful coup the command was in the hands of those who had made the coup, Brigadier cAbdalkarīm Qāsim and Colonel cAbdassalām cĀrif, with the army behind them. The new rulers found it exceedingly difficult to effect a complete change, for the running of the business of government required the preservation of the administrative and financial systems, even if these were purged of corrupt elements. A complete break with the past was not possible, as it could lead to anarchy and paralysis of the machinery of government. Differences between two leaders soon crystallized around a key policy question: union with Egypt. cAbdassalām cĀrif, encouraged by the Bacth Party and the Arab nationalists, favoured prompt union. cAbdalkarīm Qāsim was more cautious in his approach to this issue. His patient and clever manipulation of affairs behind the scenes assured his success in the ensuing power struggle. In September cAbdassalām cĀrif was moved to retire from his post as deputy commander of the armed forces and shortly afterwards from his posts as deputy prime minister and minister of interior. In November he was arrested and later sentenced to death, however, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

Keywords

EN

IRAQ; POLITICAL FORCES; BACTH PARTY; ARAB NATIONALISTS

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, SAS
• Journal: Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 – 18

Contributors

author

Sorby Karol

• Ústav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/SPS.2019-1.1