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020			_a9781139061506 (ebook)
020			_z9781107016859 (hardback)
020			_z9781107693487 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aDS79.7 _b.W66 2011
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245	0	4	_aThe Saddam Tapes : _bThe Inner Workings of a Tyrant's Regime, 1978–2001 / _cedited by Kevin M. Woods, David D. Palkki, Mark E. Stout.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (392 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDuring the 2003 war that ended Saddam Hussein's regime, coalition forces captured thousands of hours of secret recordings of meetings, phone calls and conferences. Originally prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, this study presents annotated transcripts of Iraqi audio recordings of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. The Saddam Tapes, along with the much larger digital collection of captured records at the National Defense University's Conflict Records Research Center, will provide researchers with important insights into the inner workings of the regime and, it is hoped, the nature of authoritarian regimes more generally. The collection has implications for a range of historical questions. How did Saddam react to the pressures of his wars? How did he manage the Machiavellian world he created? How did he react to the signals and actions of the international community on matters of war and peace? Was there a difference between the public and the private Saddam on critical matters of state? A close examination of this material in the context of events and other available evidence will address these and other questions.
700	1		_aWoods, Kevin M., _eeditor.
700	1		_aPalkki, David D., _eeditor.
700	1		_aStout, Mark E., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107016859
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139061506
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38815 _d38815