Culture, History and Ideology in the Formation of Ba'thist Iraq,1968-89

By Amatzia Baram

In this book, an innovative approach to the study of ideology in the Arab world explores how, through culture and the re-interpretation of history, a powerful totalitarian regime has endeavoured to cement internal unity among Iraq's diverse ethnic and religious communities. The book analyzes the ways in which, to imbue its citizens with a common destiny of Arab leadership, this regime has set out to convince the Iraqi people to see themselves as the heirs of all the great civilizations of Mesopotamia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333548450
• ISBN13: 9780333548455
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"