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Identity and the Ba'th Regime's Campaign against Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq

Voller, Yaniv (2017) Identity and the Ba'th Regime's Campaign against Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq. The Middle East Journal, 71 (3). pp. 383-401. ISSN 0026-3141. (doi:10.3751/71.3.13) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:63269)

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Abstract

Throughout its existence, the Iraqi Ba'thist regime engaged in a war against Kurdish insurgents. Declassified Ba'th Party documents reveal that beyond military means, Baghdad saw identity as a useful resource in suppressing the uprising. The documents tell of a sophisticated divide-and-rule strategy, using bureaucracy, law, and militia recruitment to manipulate the various minority communities in northern Iraq against the rebels and each other. Drawing on these documents, this article provides a detailed analysis of this strategy.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.3751/71.3.13
Additional information: Can also be found here - http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/identity-and-the-bath-governments-campaign-against-the-kurdish-rebels-in-northern-iraq(ceba567c-be19-4357-b4cc-cf13e5f54c52).html
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Yaniv Voller
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2017 13:33 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 13:48 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/63269 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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