Compulsion in Religion C - Hardcoverby Samuel Helfont (Author) Samuel Helfont draws on extensive research with Ba'thist archives to investigate the roots of the religious insurgencies that erupted in Iraq following the American led invasion in 2003. In looking at Saddam Hussein's policies in the 1990s, many have interpreted his support for state sponsored religion as evidence of a dramatic shift away from Arab nationalism toward political Islam. While Islam did play a greater role in