description: The world continues to wonder how Saddam Hussein came to exercise such power. Journalists depict him as an implacable tyrant who could not be understood by reasonable Westerners. Now, two specialists on the Middle East have written the first in-depth political biography of the man who put Iraq on a collision course with the world. The book draws on a wealth of Iraqi, Arab, Soviet, Western, &amp; Israeli sources, including interviews with people who have had close contact with Hussein throughout his career. It traces the transformation of an ardent nationalist &amp; obscure Bath party member into an absolute dictator.
language: English
title: Saddam Hussein : A Political Biography
titlecomplete: Saddam Hussein : A Political Biography
genres: Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Biography
ratings_count: 58
publisher: Time Warner Paperbacks