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Author : Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
Release : 2000
Genre : Middle East
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Book Synopsis Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 21, 1997 by : Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
Download or read book Middle East Contemporary Survey, Vol. 21, 1997 written by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aaron M. Faust
Release : 2015-11-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Ba'thification of Iraq by : Aaron M. Faust
Download or read book The Ba'thification of Iraq written by Aaron M. Faust. This book was released on 2015-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq as a dictator for nearly a quarter century before the fall of his regime in 2003. Using the Ba’th party as his organ of meta-control, he built a broad base of support throughout Iraqi state and society. Why did millions participate in his government, parrot his propaganda, and otherwise support his regime when doing so often required betraying their families, communities, and beliefs? Why did the “Husseini Ba’thist” system prove so durable through uprisings, two wars, and United Nations sanctions? Drawing from a wealth of documents discovered at the Ba’th party’s central headquarters in Baghdad following the US-led invasion in 2003, The Ba’thification of Iraq analyzes how Hussein and the party inculcated loyalty in the population. Through a grand strategy of “Ba’thification,” Faust argues that Hussein mixed classic totalitarian means with distinctly Iraqi methods to transform state, social, and cultural institutions into Ba’thist entities, and the public and private choices Iraqis made into tests of their political loyalty. Focusing not only on ways in which Iraqis obeyed, but also how they resisted, and using comparative examples from Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia, The Ba’thification of Iraq explores fundamental questions about the roles that ideology and culture, institutions and administrative practices, and rewards and punishments play in any political system.
Author : Kenneth Pollack
Release : 2005-08-09
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Persian Puzzle by : Kenneth Pollack
Download or read book The Persian Puzzle written by Kenneth Pollack. This book was released on 2005-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options for the future. Here Pollack, a former CIA analyst and National Security Council official, brings his keen analysis and insider perspective to the long and ongoing clash between the United States and Iran, beginning with the fall of the shah and the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. Pollack examines all the major events in U.S.-Iran relations–including the hostage crisis, the U.S. tilt toward Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war, the Iran-Contra scandal, American-Iranian military tensions in 1987 and 1988, the covert Iranian war against U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf that culminated in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, and recent U.S.-Iran skirmishes over Afghanistan and Iraq. He explains the strategies and motives from American and Iranian perspectives and tells how each crisis colored the thinking of both countries’ leadership as they shaped and reshaped their policies over time. Pollack also describes efforts by moderates of various stripes to try to find some way past animosities to create a new dynamic in Iranian-American relations, only to find that when one side was ready for such a step, the other side fell short. With balanced tone and insight, Pollack explains how the United States and Iran reached this impasse; why this relationship is critical to regional, global, and U.S. interests; and what basic political choices are available as we deal with this important but deeply troubled country.
Author : Bruce Maddy-weitzman
Release : 2001-02-27
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Middle East Contemporary Survey by : Bruce Maddy-weitzman
Download or read book Middle East Contemporary Survey written by Bruce Maddy-weitzman. This book was released on 2001-02-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East Contemporary Survey is the authoritative reference work on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. Volume 22 is the latest in a series of annual surveys that provide a continuing record and analysis of the rapidly changing events in this complex area of the world. Some of the events that are analyzed include the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process; the change of government in Israel; the ascent of an Islamist-led coalition coalition government in Turkey (traditionally the most secular of all Middle Eastern Muslim countries); the growing discontent with the established Islamic order in Iran; and the continuing violent confrontation between the regime and the Islamist opposition in Algeria.
Author : Bruce Maddy-weitzman
Release : 1999-11-11
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Middle East Contemporary Survey by : Bruce Maddy-weitzman
Download or read book Middle East Contemporary Survey written by Bruce Maddy-weitzman. This book was released on 1999-11-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle East Contemporary Survey is the authoritative reference work on contemporary Middle Eastern affairs. Volume 21 is the latest in a series of annual surveys that provide a continuing record and analysis of the rapidly changing events in this complex area of the world. Some of the events that are analyzed include the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process; the change of government in Israel; the ascent of an Islamist-led coalition coalition government in Turkey (traditionally the most secular of all Middle Eastern Muslim countries); the growing discontent with the established Islamic order in Iran; and the continuing violent confrontation between the regime and the Islamist opposition in Algeria.
