Iraqi revolution of 1958, the: the old social classes revisited

Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781850433187
Date de publication :
22 avr. 1991
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In 1958 a group of nationalist military officers overthrew the Iraqi monarchy and established a republican regime. This book assesses the social, political and economic consequences of that revolution, which led to the domination of the Ba'ath Party, and the tyranny of Saddam Hussein.