Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq, Updated Edition
by Kanan Makiya, Samīr al- Halīl
Category: History

First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out, REPUBLIC OF FEAR was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. This updated edition relates how the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party has transformed and controlled Iraq with fear since 1968. An important and timely book.