Iraq Under Saddam Hussein

A review essay of books by (1) Kevin M. Woods, David D. Palkki and Mark Stout, The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime, 1978-2001 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011); (2) Achim Rohde, State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq: Facing Dictatorship (Lo...

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Published inMiddle East Journal Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 539 - 542
Main Author Wien, Peter
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Middle East Institute 01.07.2012
Subjects
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Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism (Political Ideology)
Bias
Decision making
Dictators
Dictatorship
Gender
Gender equity
Iraq
Iraq War-2003
London, England
New York
Political parties
Political regimes
Politics
Review articles
Saddam, Hussein
State Society Relationship
State-society relations
Totalitarianism
Tyranny
Women
Writers
New York
United States > US
Iraq
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Summary:A review essay of books by (1) Kevin M. Woods, David D. Palkki and Mark Stout, The Saddam Tapes: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime, 1978-2001 (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011); (2) Achim Rohde, State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq: Facing Dictatorship (London and New York: Routledge, 2010); and (3) Joseph Sassoon, Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
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ISSN:0026-3141
1940-3461
DOI:10.3751/66.3.3