Saddam's Word: Political Discourse in Iraq - Couverture rigide

Bengio, Ofra

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195114396 ISBN 13 : 9780195114393

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1998

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ofra Bengio is Senior Research Fellow at Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195114396
• ISBN 13: 9780195114393
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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