Republic of Fear by Samir al-Khalil who is an Iraqi expatriate gives a detailed account and analysis of the authoritarian rule in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The author details the events that led to the rise of the Baath party ideology and how it came to power in Iraq in the 1960s. Iraq which was depicted as a ruthless regime invoking terror, violence and dictatorship within the general public in order to maintain its political power and dominance. How Iraq had become a region of totalitarian rule by its army and secret police, events leading to the Iraq-Iran War and its after-effects are mentioned. Read it to get a glimpse of Sadam's ruthless and torturous rule in Iraq.
