Ofra Bengio is Senior Research Fellow at Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.
"Bengio provides an insightful look at how yet another dictator
uses...propaganda tools to advantage."--Military Review
"[Bengio] has written the most important book on Baathi Iraq since
Kanan Makiya's Republic of Fear (published in 1989 under the
pseudonym of Samir al-Khalil). Her well-written, easily accessible
yet sophisticated analysis of political language makes a major
contribution to our understanding of contemporary Iraq."--Middle
East Policy
"Anyone who doubts the corrupting effects of totalitarianism on
political language--if such a person could exist at the end of our
century of totalitarianisms--should read this book. Bengio...has
compiled exhaustive evidence from the Iraqi sources to show how the
Ba'thist regine in general and Saddam Hussein in particular have
debased the political vocabulary of Iraq..."--Political Science
Quarterly
"It is refreshing to read an English-language book on a Middle
Eastern topic that relies largely on Arabic sources rather than
Western or Israeli ones. The book is unique, delving into
previously uncharted waters."--Perspectives on Political Science
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