A COUNTRY'S EVOLUTION
| IRAQ, 1900 to 1950, ay S. H. Longrigg; Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, English price 35/-. HIS is an admirably learned survey of a subject which is of critical im- | portance to the world today, namely, the | evolution of a country from political
tutelage to independence, and from poverty to national prosperity. The story is told sympathetically, from the point of view of the one-time tutor. It analyses illuminatingly the problems caused by the introduction of parliamentary democracy into an immature community, the sharpness of national reaction and optimism in the early days of independence, and the disillusionment that sometimes follows. The lessons of Iraq should be pondered by all interested in comparable evolutions in course elsewhere. Brigadier Longrigg’s well-balanced account assesses the elements of hope as well as giving an honest indication of dangers. A good deal of its detail is too closely argued for people who are not specialists, yet it is well written and can be plundered with pleasure-as well as instruction even by a hurried reader,
F. L. W.
Wood
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 14
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177A COUNTRY'S EVOLUTION New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 776, 4 June 1954, Page 14
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