Saddam's word : political discourse in Iraq /

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 analyzing political terms, concepts, and idioms as disseminated through the official Iraqi mouthpieces, author Ofra Beng...

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Weitere Titel:
ʻIraḳ shel Tsadam.
1. Verfasser:
Bengio, Ofra
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Zusammenfassung:
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 analyzing 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
Umfang:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-60256-200-8
9786610454037
0-19-535418-4
1-280-45403-2
Schlagworte:
Hussein, Saddam, > 1937-2006.
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