This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Bengio, O. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

A Republican Turning Royalist? Saddam Husayn and the Dilemmas of Succession

Department of Middle Eastern and African History, Tel Aviv University

The issue of succession has forced itself upon the Iraqi scene in the last few years for three main reasons: President Saddam Husayn's policies aimed at preserving as much power as possible in the hands of his family and establishing the basis for hereditary rule; growing pressure from the USA, Britain and the Iraqi opposition in the diaspora, to bring about a change of regime in Iraq; and the ‘trend’ towards a generational change of leaders now under way throughout the region. All this has resulted in the flourishing of possible scenarios regarding post-Saddam Iraq. This article focuses on one aspect only — Husayn's own views, dilemmas and often contradictory actions connected with the issue of succession.

Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 35, No. 4, 641-653 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/002200940003500407


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?