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UNINA9910810219703321 |
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Autore |
Sassoon Joseph |
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Titolo |
Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party : inside an authoritarian regime / / Joseph Sassoon |
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New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
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1-139-20905-1 |
1-107-22321-0 |
1-280-56855-0 |
1-139-22176-0 |
9786613598158 |
1-139-04294-7 |
1-139-22347-X |
1-139-21694-5 |
1-139-21387-3 |
1-139-22003-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political parties - Iraq |
Iraq Politics and government 1979-1991 |
Iraq Politics and government 1991-2003 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. The rise of the Ba'th party; 2. Party structure and organization; 3. The Ba'th party branches; 4. Security organizations during the Ba'th era; 5. The Ba'th and the army; 6. The personality cult of Saddam Hussein; 7. Control and resistance; 8. Bureaucracy and civil life under the Ba'th. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Ba'th Party came to power in 1968 and remained for thirty-five years, until the 2003 US invasion. Under the leadership of Saddam Hussein, who became president of Iraq in 1979, a powerful authoritarian regime was created based on a system of violence and an extraordinary surveillance network, as well as reward schemes and incentives for supporters of the party. The true horrors of this regime |
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