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The Hoover History Lab and Hoover Institution Library & Archives co-hosted a hybrid event with Lisa Blaydes and Samuel Helfont to discuss their recent book "Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities" on Wednesday, August 26th, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. PT in the Shultz Auditorium at Stanford University.
This book relied on Ba'th Arab Socialist Party of Iraq papers held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/hizb-al-bath-al-arabi-al-ishtiraki-records-bath-party-records
Lisa Blaydes is Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Most recently, she is the author of "State of Repression: Iraq under Saddam Hussein" (2018).
Samuel Helfont is Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy in the Naval War College Program at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is the author of "Iraq against the World: Saddam, America, and the Post-Cold War Order" (2023).
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