Saddam Hussein (The Chelsea House library of biography)

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Summary: Magnificant!
Review: ... This book cuts through all the ... American propaganda about Iraq, and Hussein. The best and most ACCURATE biography on this man.

Rating:
Summary: Magnificant!
Review: ... This book cuts through all the ... American propaganda about Iraq, and Hussein. The best and most ACCURATE biography on this man.

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Summary: A fond tribute to Saddam Hussein
Review: This book is part of the Chelsea House Library of Biography series. This book, published in 1992, covers the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein from birth to the 1990-91 Gulf War.

First of all, it must be said that this book is highly favorable to Saddam Hussein. Iraq is portrayed as a downtrodden country, continually betrayed and schemed against by the British, the Soviets, the Americans, the Israelis, the Iranians, and every other neighbor. Saddam himself is portrayed as an enlightened, liberal leader, who is the focus of a campaign of misinformation. Anything bad reported about Saddam is either ignored in this book (most everything), or dismissed as misinformation.

Overall, I think that the Iraqi Ministry of Information could not have produced a better book than this. If you are interested in a balanced look at Saddam Hussein, then you *must* look elsewhere. But, if you are looking for a book that lionizes him, then this book is for you.