State of Repression: Iraq Under Saddam Hussein

by Lisa Blaydes

Book Overview

A new account of modern Iraqi politics that overturns the conventional wisdom about its sectarian divisions

How 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 its diverse social fabric. But in State of Repression, Lisa Blaydes challenges this belief by showing that the country's breakdown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691211752
• ISBN13: 9780691211756
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"