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Title: Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition by Kanan Makiya ISBN: 0-520-21439-0 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Read
Comment: During this time of transition in Iraq where many believe that going in there was a mistake, this book will remind you as to why we did what we did. The book goes in depth about the brutality of the former Saddam hussein regeime.
It goes into such detail about the torture, genocide and other regeime atrocities that I could just about feel the bottoms of my own bare feet being caned until the soles of my feet were completely covered with lash marks and blood.
Please read this book to remind yourselves why it was important to remove Saddam Hussein.
Rating: 3
Summary: good book if put in perspective
Comment: Republic of Fear is written in a sensationalistic style, essentially as propaganda, but it does not detract from the reality of the unimaginable terror in the day-to-day lives of Iraqi population. Before Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraqi exiles like Makiya, Ahmed Chalabi, and other ex-pats who made up the Iraqi National Congress had an agenda to convince foreign governments to help topple Saddam Hussein. That being said, Republic of Fear (and Cruelty and Silence as well,) provide excellent insight into the horrors and atrocities of the Baathist regime. The most valuable thing the reader comes away with is an understanding of the psyche of the Iraqi public. Had the powers-that-be read a little Makiya before the whole Abu Ghraib prison fiasco, the US would be in better standing with the Arab community.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Chilling Look Inside An Evil Regime
Comment: This is a very good book to read at the current time. Although it is a bit dated, Republic of Fear presents an extremely detailed and in depth look at Saddam Hussein's Ba'thist regime. The party's history and it's structure are explained very well. The details are extremely chilling. The parallels between the Iraqi regime and that of Josef Stalin are plentiful, from mass killings to child indoctrination. It is obvious early in the book that Iraq is a country ruled by fear and death, where a large percent of the population spies and informs on their neighbors.
Also interesting is the operational makeup of the Iraqi security apparatus. It is through this web of overlapping agencies that Hussein stays in absolute control. The man himself is portrayed as a fiendishly clever but thugish brute who will kill absolutely anyone to stay on top. The Iraqi people are identified as cowed sheep who are desperate to find a way to avoid contact with officials or any kind of Iraqi administration.
Just hope for a free Iraq, it could be a reality very soon.
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Title: Cruelty and Silence: War, Tyranny, Uprising, and the Arab World by Kanan Makiya ISBN: 0393311414 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp ISBN: 052152900X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 27 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Iraq Since 1958 : From Revolution to Dictatorship by Marion Farouk-Sluglett, Peter Sluglett ISBN: 1860646220 Publisher: I.B. Tauris Pub. Date: 25 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr ISBN: 0813336155 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Across the Red River by Christian Jennings ISBN: 0575400285 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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