State of repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Preface

Introduction

Compliance and resistance under autocracy

State- and nation-building in Iraq, 1973-1979

War burden and coalitional politics, 1980-1991

Political implications of economic embargo, 1991-2003

Collaboration and resistance in Iraqi Kurdistan

Political orientation and Ba'th Party participation

Rumors as resistance

Religion, identity, and contentious politics

Military service, militias, and coup attempts

Conclusion.