SADDĀM HUSAYN’S ROUTE TO THE TOP IN IRAQ, 1976 – 1980

• Authors: Sorby Karol Jr.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One of the landmarks in the history of modern Iraq is the coup or revolution of 17–30 July 1968. The unfulfilled promises to establish a democratic and humane political system angered many Iraqis. A group of bacthist officers led by Brigadier Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr (who had been prime minister of Iraq in the years 1963–1964) decided to topple the regime. They returned to power by accomplishing two coups, one on 17 July and the other on 30 July 1968. In both instances, they prevailed by stratagem rather than through force.1 The victorious Socialist Party of Arab Resurrection (Ḥizb al-bacth al-arabī al-ishtirākī), commonly known as the Bacth Party, created a Revolutionary Command Council under the chairmanship of Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr. The RCC assumed unlimited power in the country and Ṣaddām Ḥusayn at-Tikrītī became its Vice Chairman.

Keywords

EN

BACTH PARTY; IRAQ; SADDĀM HUSAJN

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 387 - 404

Contributors

author

Sorby Karol Jr.

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/aassav.2021.30.2.05