VOL. XXXIX

No. 18

29-January-1996

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

The Iraqi Economy Under Saddam Hussain: Development or Decline by Muhammad 'Ali Zainy. Published by Al Rafid Pub lishing Company, London, 1995. 510 pages (Arabic).

When Saddam Husain came to power in 1979 Iraq had experienced over a decade of rapid economic growth - growth which was subsequently reversed by the war with Iran and the invasion of Kuwait. This book, in the author's words, "is an attempt to study the Iraqi economy and...