Saddam Hussein: The Face of Evil

by National Enquirer

Vintage paperback

221 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

The National Enquirer (also commonly known as the Enquirer ) is an American supermarket tabloid, founded by William Griffin as the Sunday afternoon broadsheet newspaper The New York Evening Enquirer, and now published by American Media Inc. (AMI). The name and direction of the paper were change in 1953 by owner Generoso Pope Jr., following which circulation soared. Since then, the paper has been repeatedly criticized for its salacious coverage and dubious ethics, and sued, sometimes successfully, over allegations of libel, defamation, and false content. It has also repeatedly broken stories regarding celebrities and political figures which are later covered by more mainstream media, especially regarding marital and health troubles.

Reviews

[Reetika Gupta · Rating 2 out of 5]

Such a Boring Book which is full of Propaganda which justifies the action taken by the US Govt to bomb Iraq. Saddam was indeed evil but bombing entire country just to remove one person looks more like a personal vendetta to me. Look what has happened to Iraq now. Where is the promised democracy? Development? . It stays in shambles and misery. This book is only a propaganda thats it

[Patrick Cannon]

As a History minor in college and being old enough to remember both Gulf wars, the Iran-Iraq War and the overthrow of the Shah, I can say that I very much appreciated this little book as a well documented history of Saddam Hussein. The notes, quotations and research are all impressive. The book is easy to read, well organized, and well researched. Saddam's life proves one very important historical cliché, power corrupts. Given man's fallen nature the more power you give a dictator the more misery your fellow citizens will live under. Abraham Lincoln once said, "Most anyone can survive adversity but give a man power". The one thing I hated about how the book is marketed is the by line, "by the National Enquirer". The real authors were Mark Cantrell and Donald Vaughan and Goodreads should have listed them as the real authors. To me any references to the National Enquirer only cheapens the book and implies that the written material is all part of sensationalized tabloid so-called "journalism". The reality is this is a small book that offers readers an insightful history into the life and times of one of the world's worst dictators.

[rm · Rating 3 out of 5]

cant tell whats funnier saddam larping as a goodfellas character or this book saying people afghanistan cheered and hollered for america lol

[Angel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly, quite boring. Maybe because I don't really enjoy fact books . . . also very into showing the Iraqi war as a good thing. As I kid I enjoyed reading about the various tortures Hussein used (I know, twisted five year old mind) but now I can't get through more than a page. And let me tell you, that's unusual for someone who reads the ingredients on cereal boxes.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

I only have it one star for the history of Saddam's rise to power. The rest read like a propaganda booklet. there was never any mention of the non-Iraqi extremists who flooded the country and provided the majority of the resistance. instead, it mentioned only resistance from dedicated Republican Guard soldiers.