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Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein
Contributor(s): Cockburn, Andrew (Author), Cockburn, Patrick (Author)

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ISBN: 0060929839     ISBN-13: 9780060929831
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2000
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Annotation: Two investigative journalist brothers team up to present this explosive, documented account of Saddam Hussein's tenacious grip on power. The authors shed new light on his weapons of mass destruction, and lift the veil on the Iraqi royal family and the volatile relationships that may prove to be Hussein's undoing. 1 map.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - Iraq
- Fiction | War & Military
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 956.704
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.36" W x 8.08" L (0.56 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Arab World
- Cultural Region - Middle East
Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Review Citations: Brill's Content 08/01/1999 pg. 119
 
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At the end of the Gulf War, the White House was confident that Saddam Hussein's days as Iraq's dictator were numbered. His army had been routed, his country had been bombed back into a pre-industrial age, his subjects were in bloody revolt, and his borders were sealed. World leaders waited confidently for the downfall of the pariah of Baghdad. Almost a decade later, they are still waiting.

This is the first in-depth account of what went wrong. Drawing on the authors' firsthand experiences on the ground inside Iraq (often under fire) and their interviews with key players--ranging from members of Saddam's own family to senior officials of the CIA--Out of the Ashes tells what happened when the smoke cleared from the battlefields of the Gulf War. This tale of high drama, labyrinthine intrigue, and fatal blunders has been played out amid one of the greatest man-made tragedies of our times-one where, so long as Saddam Hussein remains in power, the Iraqi people will pay the price. Out of the Ashes makes chillingly clear just how terrible that price has been.


Contributor Bio(s): Cockburn, Andrew: - Andrew Cockburn is the author of several books on defense and international affairs. He has also written about the Middle East for The New Yorker and coproduced the 1991 PBS documentary on Iraq title "The War We Left Behind." He lives in Washington, D.C.

Patrick Cockburn has been a senior Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and the London Independent since 1979. Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalist to remain in Baghdad during the Gulf War. He is currently based in Jerusalem for the Independent.Cockburn, Patrick: - Andrew Cockburn is the author of several books on defense and international affairs. He has also written about the Middle East for The New Yorker and coproduced the 1991 PBS documentary on Iraq title "The War We Left Behind." He lives in Washington, D.C.

Patrick Cockburn has been a senior Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and the London Independent since 1979. Among the most experienced commentators on Iraq, he was one of the few journalist to remain in Baghdad during the Gulf War. He is currently based in Jerusalem for the Independent.

 
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