How Saddam Hussein Came To Dominate Iraq

Iraq in the 20th century encapsulates the history of much of the Middle East. Imperialism, oil, nationalism, political turmoil, modernisation, and even dictatorship. This issue was exacerbated by Saddam Hussein as he set up a tyrannical regime which served himself above his own citizens. This was very different from the role he played in the 1970s as Vice President, where under his stewardship Iraqi society made major advancements, both socially and materially. But from the 1980s onwards, the authoritarian nature of his rule poisoned much of the previous progress. Whilst Saddam’s regime was exceptional in its brutality and oppression, it was nonetheless a continuation of political turmoil that the country experienced ever since the 1920s.

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0:00 Intro
1:26 Hashemite Monarchy Period
6:29 Republican Period
10:05 Ba'athists & Saddam Period

[HikmaHistory]

Do you think Iraq needs a strong-man ruler?
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[AssyrianFire]

As an Assyrian (Chaldean, Syriac) our history with the modern state of Iraq is very complicated. The state itself rejected us from the beginning, culminating in the Simele Massacre of 1933. The early Baathist policies in the 70s showed a lot of promise and Saddam is even looked at by many Assyrians as a guarantor of stability, who protected the Christians of Iraq due to his secularity. They often point to the many Assyrians he had in his personal entourage (Tariq Aziz, Kamel Hana) and the relative peace in the time. Just thought I’d offer my thoughts as a minority not often discussed.

[samsaunders]

It's funny because my grandmother was cheering when he was overthrown and talk about how bad he was. Now she talks about all the good he did and that america destroyed her county.

[rhizoidx]

Baghdad was talked about in the 1980s the same way Dubai is talked about today. Modern, stable, economically flourishing, regional headquarters for foreign companies, tourism. It's sad thay the cradle of civilization today is one gigantic shitshow. Power to the Iraqi people inchallah you will rise up again.

[leonardodavinky]

Could you do a video on Nasser, I hear him mentioned a lot and would like to know more about him

[ForTheLoveOfOrient]

I have lived in the region for the last 7 years, and am learning a lot watching your videos. Thank you.

[shawnbarron]

I have to say another great video. I really love your channel because most material in English about the Middle East tends to limit it to a West vs Islam or Israel vs Palestine narrative. It's really cool to be given history about the countries not as a monolith. Thank you again and keep up the great work.

[daggersrule_]

your use of interesting footage and your to the point narration made this video very engaging.
keep it up

[ChrisNoonetheFirst]

Excellent video! Contained lots of information I did not know about pre-1979 Iraq. Definitely worthy of a sequel, perhaps exploring the impacts of the American Donald Rumsfeld and his cadre. Thank you Hikma

[timbtamgomez]

I just found this channel and I must say well done. There are so many channels that have nice looking videos about cool topics but have horrible narration voice. Your voice is so important and not annoying! Kept me engaged the whole time!

[garrettrye]

As somebody who is in love with the land of Iraq and dreams to live there at least part of my life, thank you for posting history about this country.

[BassGuitarlife]

Excellent presentation and thank you for this.

[MichaelVinci]

Just came across your channel great content ty for you hard work

[captainkatz]

Thank you for the video ! There's not too many channels that have topics on modern day Islamic world, big ups!

[robertortiz-wilson]

Thank you so much for going over that period of history with Iraq! I wanted to know and this was formatted extremely well!

[alialbazitv]

As an Iraqi this is a Great video learned a lot from this for sure !!

[Frenchylikeshikes]

Love that type of videos that gives us insight on the past we do not necesarily know, and therefore helps understand the present.

[ytsm]

This was a great documentary. Very concise and quite enlightening.

Subscribed!

[itsblitz]

Great video. I hope you make a video on the Afghan democracy between 2001 and 2021.

[d.c.]

Very informative and well-narrated as always! Thank you for your service!