Saddam Hussein: The Politics of Revenge

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In this work, the author draws on his own knowledge of and extensive contacts within the Arab world to produce both a thorough biography and a psychological profile of the most powerful and unpredictable man in the world today. He explains why Saddam behaves as he does by suggesting that his life has been marked by a series of personal quests: for recognition after being orphaned and brought up by a destitute uncle for control of his country for leadership of the Arab world for mastery of the technology of destruction, and the fight for Iraq s survival.