STATE OF REPRESSION Iraq under Saddam Hussein

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisions0How did Iraq become one of the most repressive dictatorships of the late twentieth century? The conventional wisdom about Iraq's modern political history is that the country was doomed by...

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Main Author: Blaydes, Lisa, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2018.
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; PART I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS; 2 Compliance and Resistance under Autocracy; 3 State- and Nation-Building in Iraq, 1973-1979; 4 War Burden and Coalitional Politics, 1980-1991; 5 Political Implications of Economic Embargo, 1991-2003; PART II POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN IRAQ, 1979-2003; 6 Collaboration and Resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan; 7 Political Orientation and Ba'th Party Participation; 8 Rumors as Resistance; 9 Religion, Identity, and Contentious Politics.
  • 10 Military Service, Militias, and Coup Attempts11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.