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Makiya, Kanan.

Republic of fear : the politics of modern Iraq / Kanan Makiya. - Updated ed. with new introd. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 1998. - 1 online resource (xxxvi, 323 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the 1998 paperback edition -- Note to the reader -- Part one: The Ba'thist polity ; Chapter 1: Institution of violence ; Chapter 2: A world of fear ; Chapter 3: Ba'thism and the masses ; Chapter 4: Authority -- Part two: The legitimation of Ba'thism ; Chapter 5: Pan-Arabism and Iraq ; Chapter 6: Formation of the Ba'th ; Chapter 7: The legitimation of Iraqi Ba'thism -- Conclusion: The final catastrophe -- Appendix: Purges of high-ranking officers, Ba'thists, and politicians since July 17, 1968 -- Index -- Chronology.


English.

ISBN: 9780520921245 0520921240 0585115443 9780585115443

LCCN: 97050620

Subjects--Topical Terms:
HISTORY--General.
Politics and government
Ba�thpartij.
Autoritarisme.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Middle East.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iraq--Politics and government.
Iraq.
Irak.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS79.65. / M26 1998eb

Dewey Class. No.: 956.704