Saddam : the secret life (Rev. ed)

Drawing on an unparalleled network of sources, contacts, and first hand testimonies, Con Coughlin takes us to the centre of Saddam's complex and bewildering regime, and beyond.

Fully revised and updated, Saddam The Secret Life describes how Saddam took power and immediately set about controlling every aspect of Iraqi life.

Coughlin examines Saddam's regime both before and after its fall, exploring the contradictions of Saddam's private life.

His sponsoring of Islamic fundamentalism at odds with his whisky drinking and womanising; his reliance on and celebration of family negated by his violent and temperamental treatment of them.

With evidence from both family members, servants and staff, Saddam: The Secret Life is unique in its representation of this illusive and secretive world.

In extra chapters, and with shocking new evidence, Coughlin also vividly recounts the last few months of Saddam's reign and his eventual capture by American forces.

Insightful, penetrating and shocking, Con Coughlin has written the defining biography of one of the most dangerous men of the last two decades.