Kanan Makiya

Iraqi-American author and academic, best known for his criticism of Saddam Hussein's regime and his book "Republic of Fear"; prominent commentator on Iraqi politics.

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  1. 1. Republic Of Fear

    The Politics of Modern Iraq

    A searing, meticulously documented account of life under a modern totalitarian regime, detailing how the state built a machine of systematic repression—mass arrests, purges, executions, secret police, mass graves and a pervasive network of informants—to sustain power through terror. It analyzes the political and ideological mechanisms that transformed society, exposing the moral and institutional degradation, the suffering of Kurds, Shi'a and political dissidents, and the deliberate annihilation of opposition. The work functions as both historical documentation of atrocities and a moral indictment of a government that weaponized fear to remain unchallenged.

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