Saddam
His Rise & Fall
Con Coughlin
- Insightful,
- penetrating,
- and
- shocking,
- the
- defining
- biography
- of
- Iraq's
- deposed
- tyrantDrawing
- on
- an
- unparalleled
- network
- of
- sources,
- contacts,
- and
- firsthand
- testimonies,
- Con
- Coughlin
- takes
- us
- to
- the
- center
- of
- Saddam
- Hussein's
- complex,
- bewildering
- regime
- --
- and
- beyond.
- Fully
- updated
- and
- revised,
- Saddam:
- His
- Rise
- and
- Fall
- meticulously
- describes
- how
- Hussein
- took
- power
- and
- immediately
- set
- about
- controlling
- every
- aspect
- of
- Iraqi
- life.Coughlin
- examines
- Hussein's
- regime
- both
- before
- and
- after
- its
- fall,
- exploring
- the
- contradictions
- of
- Saddam's
- private
- life:
- his
- sponsoring
- of
- Islamic
- fundamentalism
- while
- whiskey
- drinking
- and
- womanizing
- as
- well
- as
- his
- reliance
- on
- and
- celebration
- of
- family
- negated
- by
- his
- violent
- and
- temperamental
- treatment
- of
- them.
- With
- evidence
- from
- family
- members,
- servants,
- and
- staff,
- Saddam:
- His
- Rise
- and
- Fall
- is
- unique
- in
- its
- close-up
- representation
- of
- this
- elusive
- and
- secretive
- world.In
- all-new
- chapters
- and
- an
- epilogue,
- and
- with
- shocking
- new
- disclosures,
- Coughlin
- also
- vividly
- recounts
- the
- last
- few
- months
- of
- Saddam's
- reign
- and
- his
- eventual
- capture
- by
- American forces.
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