The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq by Kanan Makiya

The Monument: Art and Vulgarity in Saddam Hussein's Iraq

Kanan Makiya

176 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
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In Baghdad, an enormous monument nearly twice the size of the Arc de Triomphe towers over the city. Two huge forearms emerge from the ground, clutching two swords that clash overhead. Those arms are enlarged casts of those of Saddam Hussein, showi...

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