Saddam's Word - The Political Discourse in Iraq (Hardcover)

This is the first serious attempt to understand modern Iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the Ba'th regime and its leader, Saddam Hussein. By analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, author Ofra Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the events that these expressions have both reflected and shaped. Not only does this study add to our understanding of the "Saddam enigma;" it also offers a more universal truth: that under any regime, political culture is built on public discourse. Saddam's Word will be of much interest to students of the contemporary Middle East, as well as to all other observers of Saddam Hussein and his regime.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Middle Eastern History
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	February 1998
Authors:	Ofra Bengio (Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies)
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-511439-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
LSN:	0-19-511439-6
Barcode:	9780195114393

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