{"title":"Political Science Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"out-of-the-ashes-the-resurrection-of-saddam-hussein-paperback","title":"Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Cockburn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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. 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I found hope here, and help, to face what the world is now, all that it isn't anymore. Please read this. I promise you won't regret it.\" --Tommy Orange, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Wandering Stars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThere There\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK - PALESTINE BOOK AWARD WINNER - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: \"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.\" This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an immigrant who came to the West, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place of justice for all. 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He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.\"--Masha Gessen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. 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