Introduction to the 1998 paperback edition -- Note to the reader -- Part one: The Ba'thist polity ; Chapter 1: Institution of violence ; Chapter 2: A world of fear ; Chapter 3: Ba'thism and the masses ; Chapter 4: Authority -- Part two: The legitimation of Ba'thism ; Chapter 5: Pan-Arabism and Iraq ; Chapter 6: Formation of the Ba'th ; Chapter 7: The legitimation of Iraqi Ba'thism -- Conclusion: The final catastrophe -- Appendix: Purges of high-ranking officers, Ba'thists, and politicians since July 17, 1968 -- Index -- Chronology
