List of books and articles about saddam hussein online. Posted on july 11, 2017 by dirkdeklein under detroit, history, saddam hussein, usa i am not sure what they were smoking in detroit when this happened but it must have been some heavy stuff. From saddam husseins rise within the ranks of the baath party and the revolution command council, to his regimes ruthless persecution of perceived enemies at home and abroad. By then there was already unambiguous evidence indicating the urgency of defusing the imminent danger posed by iraq and its primary allies in the growing terrorist conspiracy. This revision podcast is relevant to both gcse and igcse history students, although as and ib students may find it a helpful introduction to events in the gulf in the later 20th century. As a result, in 2005 saqi reissued abbas shiblaks 1986 study the lure of. Looking at saddam husseins life it becomes clear that it was not just taken by the west, but also given. The fall of saddam hussein in 2003 and the eventual rise to power by proiranian shia factions i. This revision podcast is aimed at gcse and igcse history students, although as and ib students may find it a helpful introduction to events in the gulf in the later 20th century. I have analysed saddam s tenure including iraniraq war, both gulf wars and substance of anarchy embedled in iraq while scrutinizes his policies and baath agenda. Saddam hussein history revision for gcse, igcse, ib. Jordanianiraqi relations today are the product of shared history.
Biography of president saddam hussein, president of the. The immediate cause of the war emerged in the wake of the 11 september 2001 terrorist attacks by alqaeda, when the bush administration sought to preempt potential threats to the united states and its allies. Iraqi relations from the late 1960s, when hussein emerged as the real power in iraq, to the 1970s, when henry kissinger began probing baghdad about a warming of relations, to the 1980s, when the u. The arc of triumph was a monument constructed by saddam hussein after the iran iraq war. Section 5 provides evidence about patterns of compliance and resistance in iraq under saddam hussein. The events contrast sharply with the attack saddams regime is now facing from a u. Compliance and resistance in iraq under saddam hussein. From that position he witnessed torture and depravity.
Rayyan alshawaf the 2003 toppling of saddam husseins baath regime and the occupation of iraq by allied coalition forces has served to generate a good deal of interest in iraqi history. Born on april 28, 1937, in tikrit, the seat of the saladdin province where he finished his primary school. It englights the era of iraq under the leadership of saddam hussein untill he was executed. Islamic dawa party and islamic supreme council of iraq led to the normalization of relations between the two countries. Why another history of a war that has so fascinated so many ameri. Since 1979, king hussein also had to contend with jordans sometime friend and sometime foe in baghdadsaddam hussein. The book is simple but not simplistic, well written, and well documented. Husseins regime killed, tortured, raped and terrorized the iraqi people and its neighbors for over two decades. Saddam hussein s spokesman announced the annexation of kuwait on baghdad television. Fbi interviews of former iraqi dictator saddam hussein. His father disappeared before the child was born, never to be heard from again, and several months later, saddams yearold brother died of cancer.
Join facebook to connect with saddam hussein and others you may know. If given control of iraqs resources, saddam hussein would use them to rearm and threaten the region, not to improve the lot of the iraqi people. For help with downloading a wikipedia page as a pdf, see help. Because of their oppression by the regime of saddam hussein, which is covered later in this handbook, yo u will read about these people separately in this section. How did saddam husseins ideology compare to that of. After moving to baghdad as a teenager, saddam joined the nowinfamous baath party, which he would later. The redacted transcripts and supporting documents were obtained via freedom of information. A member of the baath party, he fled iraq after participating 1959 in an assassination attempt on the countrys prime minister. A history of mass exodus by abbas shiblak, saqi, 2005, 215 pp. His father disappeared before the child was born, never to be heard from again, and several months later, saddam s yearold brother died of cancer. Books by saddam hussein author of zabiba and the king. Saddam hussein biography life, family, childhood, children. In the context of iraq under saddam hussein, which is the focus of all three books, this question has an implication that harkens back to the months of the runup to the 2003 usled invasion of the country that brought the collapse of the regime.
Saddam hussein has 21 books on goodreads with 70 ratings. Iraq war spending, joining democrats in demanding more ac. Saddam husseins history, mainly because he not only invented large. Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of saddams actions. This episode focuses on the factors that allowed saddam hussein to come to power in iraq in 1979.
Since then, hostilities and death tolls continue to rise. Documented chemical attacks by the iraqi regime caused some 30,000 iraqi and iranian deaths. Timeline world history documentaries 1,081,359 views. As of january 2010, the two countries have signed over 100 economic and cooperation agreements. Saddam hussein was born to a shepherds family on april 28, 1937 in northern iraq, near tikrit. The helmets at the base were taken from the heads of dead iranian soldiers. I have analysed saddams tenure including iraniraq war, both gulf wars and substance of anarchy embedled in iraq while scrutinizes his policies and baath agenda. Saddam hussein 1937 2006 was a brutal dictator who ruled iraq from 1979 to 2003. He was elected to the regional command, as the story goes, with help from michel aflaqthe founder of baathist. Only 1 year after joining, hussein participated in the 1958 overthrow of king faisal of iraq. There was kurds and 65% shiite in iraq saddam very harsh on them and he claimed kuwait to start the first gulf war and used poison gas on the kurds in the north. The hands holding the swards were modeled by the iraqi dictator.
Publication date 2002 topics hussein, saddam, 19372006. Though the longrunning war between iran and iraq had ended in a united nationsbrokered ceasefire in august 1988, by mid1990 the two states had yet to begin negotiating a permanent peace treaty. May 15, 2019 saddam hussein april 28, 1937december 30, 2006 was the ruthless dictator of iraq from 1979 until 2003. His father, hussein abd almajid, was a peasant sheepherder who by various accounts either died or disappeared before his sons birth.
Saddam hussein, president of iraq from 1979 to 2003. Returning to iraq in 1963 after the baathists briefly came to power, he played a significant role in the. Iraqis living in and around saddam husseins hometown of tikrit almost. Saddam hussein saddam hussein biography poem hunter. Exactly a decade earlier, in september of 1980, iraq went to war against iran.
Saddam hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a detroit church and received a key to the city more than two decades ago, soon after he became president of iraq. This episode aims explain the factors that allowed saddam hussein to maintain his rule of iraq after he became president in 1979. The british army on the iberian peninsula was in al. Aburish saddam s word ofra bengio in praise of saddam hussein amir of bahrain usuk realpolitik in the gulf up to 1980 avi shlaim iraniraq war and the iraqi state charles tripp. It is important to take note that his reign was considered to be one of the most brutal reigns in iraqi history. Abdelkarim kassem, in 1968 helps to create a second coup. Well, he went by the name of president and insisted that he was a fairly elected leader. On july 17, 1979, president saddam hussein was promoted to the rank of field marshal.
Pdf why saddam hussein invaded kuwait researchgate. He was known in particular for his role in the iraniraq war and the persian gulf war. The paper focuses on saddam husseins trial in front of the iraqi high criminal court in baghdad. Saddam hussein was president of iraq for more than two decades and is seen as a figurehead of the countrys military conflicts with iran and the united states. Saddam hussein was the fifth president of iraq whose regime lasted for nearly two and a half decades. History is the doctrine of the present that is linked to the spirit and values of the glorious past. Biography of president saddam hussein, president of the republic of iraq personal. The prevailing notion had always been that the genesis of these wars was in saddam husseins violent, megalomaniac character. Saddam hussein was a sunni leader of iraq and was chosen by the cia and was helped brought to power. Saddam had approximately 40 of his own relatives murdered. On august 2, 1990, iraq, led by saddam hussein, invaded the state of kuwait in the persian gulf. Pdf saddam hussein 19372006, a biography shamiran mako. The book is more than a biography of saddam hussein. Jul 11, 2017 saddam husseindetroits honorary citizen.
Saddam hussein was born into a poor family in tikrit, 100 miles outside of baghdad, in 1937. He was the adversary of the united states during the persian gulf war and found himself once again at odds with the u. A leading member of the revolutionary arab socialist baath party, and later, the baghdadbased baath party and its. Saddam hussein was born on april 28, 1937, in the village of alawja, near tikrit, a town just north of the city of baghdad, in central iraq. As the bath party leader he was instrumental in the coup in 1968 and effectively held power from that time until formally becoming president in 1979. Looking at saddam hussein s life it becomes clear that it was not just taken by the west, but also given.
After joining the revo and gas, and through the regimes social policies, which lutionary baqth party at age twenty. Kuwaits defense forces were rapidly overwhelmed, and those that were not destroyed. Oct 20, 2015 it englights the era of iraq under the leadership of saddam hussein untill he was executed. After providing an overview of the facts surrounding the courts installation, the applicable. This biography profiles his childhood, life, political career, events, trivia and timeline. Jul 15, 2019 given the name saddam, which means one who confronts, hussein attended alkarh high school in baghdad, and studied law at baghdad law college before joining the nationalistic baath party at the age of 20. As per my comments in the other merge talk item, the page has the potential to be an important case study in capital punishment, and it may be worth keeping that in mind in relation to its separateness from the saddam hussein page. Of the lessons also gained from the history of mankind is the fact that greed and arrogance, when combined, lead the oppressor to do injustice not only to others, but.
Its spirit and high effect exist in you, valiant men and. Yasso to present the key to the city of detroit to saddam hussein. Saddam hussein biography childhood, life achievements. Kurds living in the iraqi north had little to gain by joining the bath. On if we do not practice democracy, we lose you nsaddam. Returning to iraq in 1963 after the baathists briefly came to power, he played a significant role in the 1968 revolution that secured baath hegemony. Id recommend it to anyone who wants to know the history behind the horrible headlines we see about iraq every day. Saddams violent road to execution saddam hussein has a long history of using violence to achieve political ends. What methods did saddam hussein use to maintain power. Saddam husseins spokesman announced the annexation of kuwait on baghdad television. Saddam hussein was president of iraq for more than two decades and is seen as a figurehead of the countrys military conflicts with iran and.
Saddam hussein april 28, 1937december 30, 2006 was the ruthless dictator of iraq from 1979 until 2003. Milestones since the ouster of saddam hussein hussein d. On september 4, 1980, president saddam hussein led the iraqi people and the army. He may have admired certain things about hitler, or at least agreed in theory if not in practice for instance, hitlers antijewish sentiment he probably admired if not to say the actual holocaust as such but saddam probably would have been ei. The radical nature of iraqi politics under president saddam hussein has. There is ample proof that lifting sanctions would offer the iraqi people no relief from neglect at the hands of their government. Saddam hussein abd almajid altikriti was the fifth president of iraq from 16 july 1979 until 9. On november 5, 2006, saddam hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. Fbi interviews of former iraqi dictator saddam hussein fbi special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 casual conversations with former iraqi dictator saddam hussein after his capture by u. This is being led by saddams mentor ahmed hassan albakr who in 1979 turned over his powers to saddam, a man on the payroll of the cia. Escaped to syria and thence to egypt where he completed his secondary school studies in 1962. For years yahia was a double for saddam husseins son, uday.
For over 30 years, saddam hussein ruled over iraq with an iron fist. Aug 16, 2009 history of saddam hussein stone123686. How did saddam husseins ideology compare to that of hitler. Saddam husseins most popular book is jak nakarmic dyktatora. Unfortunately, in practice sanctions can combine the worst of both alterna tives. Dec 29, 2006 from saddam hussein s rise within the ranks of the baath party and the revolution command council, to his regimes ruthless persecution of perceived enemies at home and abroad. Saddam hussein this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Saddam himself managed to escape and to remain in hiding for some time, but was eventually captured and put in prison pending a war crimes trial by the first democratically elected government in iraqs history. Iraq 3 iraqi culture, history, and religion kurds special case the kurds are one among a number of minorities living in present day iraq. Read a selective list of events from his life, including milestones. Saddam hussein, idi amin, enver hoxha, fidel castro, and pol pot through the eyes of their cooks by. These relate mostly to protectionism and security procedures that combine to. On october 8, 1979, he was elected deputy secretary general of the national panarab leadership of the baath party. Pdf on jan 1, 1991, efraim karsh and others published why saddam hussein invaded kuwait find, read and cite all the.