Hanging of saddams henchmen stirs outrage cbs news. Saddam hussein, one of the worlds most infamous dictators, rose to power through iraqs powerful baath party and became the nations president in 1979. The iraq war from 2003 to 2011 has been called the second persian. As an eyewitness to history, sada paints a painfully honest picture of hussein and his country that is at once personal and alarming, truthful and compelling, candid and sobering. Saddams writing is at the other end of the diclit spectrum and follows a populist family tradition. Saddam hussein, the late president of iraq, wrote four novels and a number of poems. Over ten years after his armies were routed in desert storm, the world continues to deal with, and be persistently thwarted, by the menace of saddam hussein.
Also, the combined forces of jordan, kuwait, saudi arabia, syria and turkey would easily outnumber husseins hordes. Saddams reckless and unforgiving management style keeps his troops in line but gives western analysts fits. His uncle, a former mayor of baghdad and local tyrant himself, wrote a 1974 tract whose title has been. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Karl wendl when latif yahia, scion of one of iraqs wealthiest families, was summoned from the front in the iraniraq war to saddam husseins inner sanctum, the palace of the republic, he was given a choice. His guards were struck by saddams appreciation of simple pleasures.
Secrets of his life and leadership interview with said k. Saddams first book, zabiba and the king 2000, describes how the life of the king of ancient iraq is changed when he meets a young common girl named zabiba, and how wealthy. A riveting, revealing and newsmaking account of the cias interrogation of saddam, written by the cia agent who conducted the questioning. Moholynagy isnt the only major modernist in town right now over at the graham foundation, a retrospective of the work of iraqi architect rifat chadirji is an. The explosive part of the book, which unfortunately was not adequately expanded on, was that saddam thought even before his 2003 capture that saudifunded wahhabi radicalization of saddams sunni. Saddam as hitler 103 tional socialism was of the right, then the parallel between the totalitarianisms of hitler and stalin is missed, and the history lesson of the twentieth century just becomes political bias. Saddams war of words by jerry m long, paperback barnes. The iraqkuwait conflict, which was known as the second persian gulf war, eventually became known simply as the persian gulf war. Saddam hussein, the stairway to heaven and the return of planet x based on ark of the christos. From saddam to bin laden what social networks mean for modern warfare a future tense event from slate and new america. I got it for christmas 2004 after the fall of the baathist regime, but before the big man. What are the best books to understand saddam hussein. As the key decision maker in iraq, saddams own thinking was central. Saddams hidden history by joel bleifuss in these times magazine, january 2004 saddam husseins career as a world political figure is over.
From a western perspective, the persian gulf war of 19901991 largely fulfilled the first president bushs objective. The intriguing glimpse of the former dictators daily routine as he awaits trial on charges of war crimes and genocide was given to. Als doppelganger im dienst des irakischen diktators hussein. His perception of regional threats, primarily from iran and israel,were a prime motivator. The true story of an iraqi soldiers secret double life paperback.
He has built 48 palaces for himself since the gulf war. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The mystery of saddams missing weapons heres one theory. Saddams use of human shields in past confrontations with the west, iraqi president saddam husayn has used thousands of foreign and iraqi civilians as human shields in. Saddams actions reveal that he knows the political value of these secrets. In his personal library, hussein had dozens books about stalin his favorite stalins.
In 1987, latif yahia was taken to saddams headquarters to meet uday, saddams eldest son, and told that a great honour had been bestowed upon him. The devils double original book published 1994 which was made into a feature film of the same name, this book sold over 6. The devils double is the ostensibly true life story on which the lee tamahori film of the same name, released earlier this year, was based. Seriously, stalin was the only person saddam admired. I was saddams son original book, which was made into a. Missionary zeal, american foreign policy, and the hazards of global ambition by. The longest serving head of security was saddams halfbrother who was there for eight years.
I enjoyed learning the behind the scenes machinations of saddam hussein. It vividly describes how latif was forced to become uday husseins fidai bodydouble and gives a. Buy ich war saddams sohn als doppelganger im dienst des irakischen diktators hussein, which was made into a feature film of the same name. As one of saddam husseins top generals and military advisors, george sada was privy to information that until now has been unavailable. Latif yahia bore a striking resemblance to uday, the government pulled him out of the front lines during the iraniraq war, forcing him to submit to a. Many of these countries are better supplied and their armies are better.
In december 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive. Since the gulf war, the iraqi dictators utter unpredictability has frustrated attempts. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. How an iraqi general defied and survived saddam hussein, by georges sada with jim nelson black. How an iraqi general defied and survived saddam hussein by georges hormuz sada sands of empire. To understand saddam hussein, you need to read about stalin. The movie, starring dominic cooper as both saddam husseins son uday and his body double or fiday, latif yahia, in the iraq of the late 1980s, was hands down my favourite of 2011. A member of the baath party, he fled iraq after participating 1959 in an assassination attempt on the countrys prime minister. Saddam husseins zabiba and the king was the first book in my library of dictator literature. This is the first serious attempt to understand modern iraq through a close examination of the political discourse used by the bath regime and its leader, saddam hussein. The panelists were introduced by new america president steve coll. The intriguing details of saddam husseins final days, details new book. Ich war saddams sohn als doppelganger im dienst des irakischen diktators hussein, which was made into a feature film of the same name. The first two books zabibah and the king and the fortified castle were written by he who wrote it, a traditional way in.
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