Book Description
Insightful, penetrating, and shocking, the defining biography of Iraq's deposed tyrant
Drawing 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.
From Publishers Weekly
"Writing a biography of Saddam Hussein is like trying to assemble the prosecution case against a notorious criminal gangster. Most of the key witnesses have either been murdered, or are too afraid to talk," notes Coughlin. Despite these formidable obstacles, the London Daily Telegraph correspondent has assembled a timely, detailed portrait of the Iraqi dictator-though not one that fully supports the subtitle's implied link to al-Qaeda. Relying on both primary and secondary sources, as well as interviews with Iraqis living in exile, Coughlin examines how Saddam latched onto a pan-Arab ideology and developed a ruthlessness that allowed him to rise to the top of the Iraqi leadership in 1980. As Saddam became embroiled in the lengthy Iraq-Iran war of the 1980s, and then the 1991 Gulf War, Coughlin shows how the leader used violence to keep himself in power. While emphasizing the brutality of Saddam's regime, Coughlin also explains that the Iraqi strongman developed widespread support through a combination of social programs and cult of personality, and that support so far has survived the poverty and chaos of the past decade. Coughlin provides new details of Saddam's cruel behavior and of internal purges, as well as of the U.S. role, or lack thereof, in attempted coups-though he takes no position on a possible U.S.-led war against Iraq. Still, as a new military action looms, readers looking for a biography of Iraq's strongman will need to look no further.
About Author
Con Coughlin, one of Britain's leading journalists and the author of three critically acclaimed books, was most recently the executive editor of London's Sunday Telegraph. He is a frequent contributor to British and American news and current affairs programs, was one of CNN's official contributors during the war in Iraq, and is a political commentator for NBC and MSNBC. His forthcoming book, American Ally: Tony Blair and the War on Terror, will be published by Ecco in January 2006.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)20.8 width:(cm)13.5
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评分《Saddam》這個書名,仿佛蘊含著一股強大的磁場,讓我無法抗拒地想要靠近。我對20世紀末至今的中東曆史一直懷有濃厚的興趣,而這個名字,恰恰代錶瞭那個時期一個至關重要的符號。我期望這本書能夠為我打開一扇窗,讓我能夠更清晰地看到那個時代的風雲變幻。我設想,作者會以一種非同尋常的視角,為我展現一個復雜而多麵的曆史人物。他不僅僅是一個國傢元首,更是一個在權力鬥爭、國際博弈以及地區衝突中扮演著關鍵角色的個體。我希望,在這本書中,我能夠讀到關於他崛起過程中的智慧與手段,他在執政期間所麵臨的挑戰與睏境,以及他最終走嚮的命運。這本書,對我來說,不僅僅是對一個曆史人物的瞭解,更是一次對地緣政治復雜性的學習,一次對國際關係演變的觀察,以及一次對曆史真相的追尋。我期待著,在閱讀過程中,能夠感受到書中文字的力量,被其深刻的洞察所摺服,並從中獲得關於權力、人性以及曆史的全新認知。
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