Saddam Husayn and Islam, 1968-2003 Ba`thi Iraq from Secularism to Faith |
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Author:
| Baram, Amatzia |
Series title: | Woodrow Wilson Center Press Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1582-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2014 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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Saddam Hussein and Islam, 1968-2003, offers an intellectual history of the Ba`thi Party from the 1940s through 2003. Amatzia Baram focuses on the transition from its early insistence on ""unity, freedom, and socialism"" to its Islamisation by the time it was toppled by U.S. forces in 2003, a change largely impelled by the need to rally Iraqis ......
Saddam Hussein and Islam, 1968-2003, offers an intellectual history of the Ba`thi Party from the 1940s through 2003. Amatzia Baram focuses on the transition from its early insistence on ""unity, freedom, and socialism"" to its Islamisation by the time it was toppled by U.S. forces in 2003, a change largely impelled by the need to rally Iraqis ......