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Item Details
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SADDAM'S WORD
THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN IRAQ |
| By: |
Ofra Bengio |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195114396 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195114393 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 1997 |
| Series: |
Studies in Middle Eastern History |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Description: |
Saddam's Word 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 analysing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, Bengio illuminates Iraq's political culture and the political events that the expressions have both reflected and shaped. Not only does the study add another dimension to ourunderstanding of the "Saddam enigma", but it also illustrates a more universal truth: that under any regime, political culture is built on the word. |
| Synopsis: |
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 analysing 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. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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