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First published in 1978, Palestinian North american historian Hanna Batatu's The Old Friendly Classes is considered to be the definitive sociable history of 20th century Iraq. Tom Nieuwenhuis, a scholar focusing on the region, called it "the best, most precise modern history of any Arab country," while a whole conference was held in 1989 to discuss its implications. The work is in fact three volumes in a single, with each volume level examining a new aspect of Iraqi society by using both unique key sources and precise oral histories. The first discusses the sociable teams existing in Iraq at the beginning of the 20th century and their progression. The second says the story of the growing communist motion through the 1950s. And the 3rd volume level examines the occurrences of the 1958 trend itself, and the role of different sociable teams, both before and after. The text is extraordinarily precise, making it a essential source for anybody thinking about the social history of 1 of the main countries in the centre East.
