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Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition
First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out. Republic of Fear was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. Written under the pseudonym Samir al-Khalil, the book now appears for the first time under the author's real name. This updated edition relates how the Arab Bath Socialist party has transformed Iraq since 1968. A substantial new introduction focuses on the changes in Hussein's regime since the Gulf War. With Hussein still in power, Republic of Fear remains an important and timely book.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publish Date: Jun 15th, 1998
- Pages: 346
- Language: English
- Edition: Updated - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.03in - 6.04in - 0.98in - 1.09lb
- EAN: 9780520214392
- Categories: • Middle East - General• International Relations - General
About the Author
Kanan Makiya's books include The Monument: Art, Vulgarity, and Responsibility in Iraq (California, 1991), Cruelty and Silence: War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World (1993), and The Rock: A Seventh Century Tale of Jerusalem (2002).
Praise for this book
"[Makiya's] demolition of the monstrous aberration of the Ba'th is masterly. He shows the importance of the obsessive fabrication of 'enemies, ' and the tortuous logic that compels Saddam Hussein to maintain a state of perpetual alert against the enemies of Arabism both within and without."--Peter Sluglett, "Times Literary Supplement"