The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam HusseinW. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - Всего страниц: 415 The reckoning is an account of the forces--historical, religious, ethnic, and political--that produced Saddam Hussein's dictatorship. Iraq was forged after World War I from the Mesopotamian region of the collapsed Ottoman Empire, and its people have never had a national identity or a sense of a common purpose. Hussein, ruling by terror, pitted the various ethnic groups, religious interests, and tribes against one another, and in so doing achieved the destruction of Iraq's middle class and civilized society. After he goes, the country could be the site of conflict even more vicious than the Balkan wars. |
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... Baghdad throbbed with the beat of secularism and license . By the standards of Beirut in the days before civil war consumed Lebanon , the gaudy nightclubs of Baghdad were perhaps even louder and more raucous . The art scene was livelier ...
... Baghdad throbbed with the beat of secularism and license . By the standards of Beirut in the days before civil war consumed Lebanon , the gaudy nightclubs of Baghdad were perhaps even louder and more raucous . The art scene was livelier ...
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... Baghdad was over land via Amman , Jordan , an eight- to ten - hour trek across the desert . Once there , foreigners , particularly writers , are usually required to stay at the al - Rashid Hotel . The marble building and fenced grounds ...
... Baghdad was over land via Amman , Jordan , an eight- to ten - hour trek across the desert . Once there , foreigners , particularly writers , are usually required to stay at the al - Rashid Hotel . The marble building and fenced grounds ...
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... Baghdad , who gave me access to both their insights and the archives of their stories . I especially appreciate the time and effort James devoted to leading me through the mud and dark of the Protestant cemetery of Baghdad to visit the ...
... Baghdad , who gave me access to both their insights and the archives of their stories . I especially appreciate the time and effort James devoted to leading me through the mud and dark of the Protestant cemetery of Baghdad to visit the ...
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