Drawing on the author's knowledge of and contacts with the Arab world, especially in Iraq, Said Aburish gives us an accurate, compelling biography and psychological profile of the man the western world feared most. The author worked with Saddam Hussein in the 1970s, adding dimension and personal experience to our understanding of this remarkable dictator. The book includes an account of Saddam's series of personal quests—for recognition after being orphaned and brought up by a destitute uncle; for control of his country; for leadership in the Arab world; for mastery in the technology of destruction. This is the frightening story of how the man who, with the encouragement of Western governments, made his country the most advanced in the Arab world in the 1970s, and through personal ambition led it to disaster at the end of the 1980s.
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From the Publisher:
In Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge, the author draws on his own knowledge of and extensive contacts within the Arab world to produce a penetrating psychological profile of the most notorious and unpredictable man in the world today. He explains that Saddamıs life has been marked by a series of personal quests: for recognition after being orphaned and raised by a destitute uncle; for control of his country; for leadership of the Arab world; and for mastery of the technology of destruction. A man who, with the encouragement of Western governments, made his country the most advanced in the Middle East in the 1970s, and through personal ambition led it to disaster at the end of the 1980s, now fights for its survival. Saïd K. Aburish has been a consultant to two Arab governments; among his books are Children of Bethany and Arafat: From Defender to Dictator.
About the Author:
Said K. Aburish was born in the biblical village of Bethany near Jerusalem in 1935. He has been a consultant to two Arab governments, and is now a journalist and author living in London. His books include Children of Bethany; The Rise, Corruption and Coming Fall of the House of Saud; and Arafat: From Defender to Dictator.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Pub Ltd
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0747549036
- ISBN 13 9780747549031
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages406
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