Description: Explores the US government's covert relations with the Iraqi Ba'th Party as it brutalised Iraqi communists.
Brief description: Weldon C. Matthews is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Oakland University
Review Quotes: Offers an analytically sophisticated account that challenges simplistic narratives. The important historical insights offered by Matthews' work make it an essential resource for scholars of security, intelligence and modern Middle Eastern history.--Yasir Kuoti "Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism"