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A new introduction brings this book into the new century and illuminates the role that Shi'is could play in postwar Iraq.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49546286072081,"sku":"GOR004726046","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50360421613841,"sku":"CIN0691115753G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52736560005393,"sku":"NIN9780691115757","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0691115753.jpg?v=1750880864"},{"product_id":"reaching-for-power-book-yitzhak-nakash-9780691134789","title":"Reaching for Power","description":"Traces the role of the Shi'is in the struggle raging among Muslims for the soul of Islam. 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It challenges the widely held belief that their culture and politics are a reflection of Iranian Shi'ism. In examining the years between the rise of the Shi'i strongholds Najaf and Karbala in the mid-18th century and the collapse of the Iraqi monarchy in 1958, it shows that the growth of Iraqi Shi'ism was closely related to socio-economic and political developments in the 19th century. The text sees the rise of the modern state as a development that reinforced the differences between Shi'ism in Iraq and Iran, pulling Iraqi and Iranian Shi'is further apart in the 20th century. In exploring this topic, it elucidates Shi'i political aspirations and the position of Shi'i Islam in contemporary Iraq. 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