State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq : Facing Dictatorship [1 ed.] 9780203854617, 9780415475518

Scholarship on Iraq under the Ba'th regime has traditionally focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow i

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State-Society Relations in Ba'thist Iraq : Facing Dictatorship [1 ed.]
9780203854617, 9780415475518

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