ZAČIATOK CESTY ṢADDĀMA ḤUSAJNA NA VRCHOL IRACKEJ POLITICKEJ SCÉNY (DVA ÚSPEŠNÉ PREVRATY VEDENÉ STRANOU BACT V JÚLI 1968)

• Authors: Sorby Karol R.

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The beginning of Ṣaddām Ḥussein’s journey to the forefront of the Iraqi political scene. (Two successful coups lead by the Bacth Party in July 1968)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The coup of the 17th July 1968, although not entirely the work of the Bacth, shortly brought the Bacth Party to full power and inaugurated another distinct change in the structure and orientation of government in Iraq. This time the Bacthists, having learned well the lessons of 1963, managed to stay in powerand to institute the kind of regime they had failed to achieve in 1963. To the surprise of many they brought a long period of stability achieved by draconian means. The regime established a one-party state that eventually developed an impressive institutional structure, and gradually concentrated power in the hands of one man, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn, to a degree not seen since the last days of the monarchy. The Bacth also reached a temporary settlement of the Kurdish problem that appeared more likely to remain intact than previous solutions, although it took a bitter and costly war to achieve. The party made a renewed and reasonably successful effort at economic and social transformation, going well beyond the achievements of previous regimes.

Keywords

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IRAQ; JUNE WAR; REGIME; COUP; BACTH PARTY; SADDĀM HUSAJN

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, SAS
• Journal: Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5 – 22

Contributors

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Sorby Karol R.

• Ústav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republik