A Study of Iraq's Old Landed and Commercial Classes and of its Communists, Ba`thists and Free Officers
by
Hanna Batatu
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This comparative study analyses the traditional elite of Iraq and their sucessors - the Communists, the Bathists and Free Officers - in terms of social and economic relationships in each area of the country. The author draws on secret government documents and interviews with key figures, both in power...