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Saddam Hussein A Biography
Shiva Balaghi
ISBN: 0-313-36188-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36188-3
204 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $20.00 (UK Sterling Price: £13.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Biographies
Reviews:
  • Saddam Hussein is a chilling look at the terror and brutality of this man's legacy.
    —VOYA     October 2006
  • [T]races Saddam Hussein's life from his childhood in Tikrit until his capture by US troops in April of 2003. The author attempts to show how lessons learned from Saddam's difficult childhood would later be applied to his understanding of Ba'thism, pan-Arabism, and method of rule.
    —Middle East Journal     Spring 2006
Description: In July 1979, Saddam Hussein became the President of Iraq. His dictum was simply expressed—power through terror. During the first decade of his presidency, Saddam engaged in three wars: the Iran-Iraq War, the invasion of Kuwait, and the Gulf War of 1991. After September 11th, the war on terrorism led to the war against Iraq that began in March 2003 and the eventual capture of Sadddam Hussein effecitively ending his rule over the Iraqi people. On April 9, 2003, a handful of U.S. Marines helped a small crowd of Iraqis gathered in Firdos Square to tear down a statue of Saddam Hussein. Since his capture, Saddam has been transferred to Iraqi legal custody and awaits his trial for atrocities committed during his regime.

This biography details Saddam's difficult childhood in Tikrit and his politically influential teenage years in Baghdad with his uncle. His involvement with the Iraqi Baath Party led to his participation in an assassination attempt on then Prime Minister Qassem. In his early political life, Saddam retained the lessons of village life learned in his difficult Tikrit childhood, but they would become enmeshed with his discovery of Baathism and pan-Arabism. Once he became President of Iraq, Saddam often ruled with force and a carefully cultivated image throughout the use of visual imagery and books. Though Saddam no longer rules Iraq, the legacy of his reign will likely shape Iraqi history for years to come.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    The Iraq of Saddam Hussein's Childhood
    Saddam's Rise to Power
    Saddam Becomes "The Deputy"
    Saddam's Wars
    Saddam After the Gulf War
    The Specter of Saddam
    The Fall of Saddam
    Endnotes
    Bibliography
About the Author: Shiva Balaghi is Associate Director of Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University.
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