Republic of Fear

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.

Introduction to the 1998 Paperback Edition

ix

(26)

Note to the Reader

xxxv

PART ONE: THE BATHIST POLITY

1

(146)

Chapter 1: Institutions of Violence

3

(43)

The Secret Police

3

(18)

The Army

21

(8)

The Party Militia

29

(3)

Numbers of Armed Men

32

(7)

The Party Militia

33

(1)

The Army

33

(3)

The Police

36

(2)

Summary

38

(1)

Party and State

39

(7)

Chapter 2: A World of Fear

46

(27)

The First Spectacle

47

(11)

A New Kind of Fear

58

(8)

Cruelty and Power

66

(4)

The Penultimate Spectacle

70

(3)

Chapter 3: Ba`thism and the Masses

73

(37)

Ideology and Organization

73

(26)

The Importance of Being Young

76

(6)

The Education of Masses

82

(6)

The Status of Women

88

(5)

Development versus Freedom

93

(3)

Backwardness as Justification

96

(3)

The Degradation of Thought

99

(5)

Building Defences

104

(6)

Chapter 4: Authority

110

(37)

The Leader Syndrome

110

(14)

The Authority of the Ba`th

124

(7)

Authority and Morality

129

(2)

The Source of Authority

131

(16)

The Future as an Authoritative Source

138

(1)

Towards a New Arab Individual

139

(3)

Party and State Reconsidered

142

(3)

Conclusion

145

(2)

PART TWO: THE LEGITIMATION OF BA`THISM

147

(111)

Chapter 5: Pan-Arabism and Iraq

149

(34)

Husri and the New Morality

152

(8)

The Road to Discipline

160

(6)

The Army and the Assyrians

166

(9)

The Denouement: 1936-41

175

(8)

Chapter 6: Formation of the Ba`th

183

(46)

Founding Personalities and Formative Events

183

(6)

The Pan-Arabism of the Ba`th

189

(20)

The July 1943 Statement

191

(6)

National Identity and Islam

197

(4)

The Coherence of the Ba`th

201

(8)

Secularism or Confessionalism?

209

(11)

Secularism

209

(3)

Confessionalism

212

(4)

Shu`ubiyya

216

(4)

Being through Organization

220

(6)

The Leader Principle and Party Organization

222

(4)

Ba`thism and Communism

226

(3)

Chapter 7: The Legitimation of Iraqi Ba`thism

229

(29)

A Confession

229

(2)

The National Action Charter

231

(4)

The End of Politics

235

(1)

From Classes to Masses: 1958-68

236

(10)

The ICP

239

(3)

The ABSP

242

(4)

The Transmutation of Ideas

246

(12)

Imperialism

248

(2)

Socialism

250

(3)

Freedom

253

(5)

Conclusion: The Final Catastrophe

258

(33)

A Sense of Scale

259

(3)

The Problem of Cause

262

(8)

Qadisiyyat Saddam

270

(6)

The Conduct of the War

276

(8)

In Lieu of a Conclusion

284

(7)

Appendix: Purges of High-Ranking Officers, Ba`thists, and Politicians since July 17, 1968

291

(6)

Index

297

(14)

Chronology

311

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