Bad Monsters
Over the weekend I read Between Two Worlds- Escape From Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam. The author, Zainab Salbi, pens her account of living in Saddam’s psychological prison as the daughter of his personal Boeing 747 pilot. Those of you who saw the movie Downfall should also find this story interesting as well. Both reveal the frightening pathology of tyrants and their toadies. This book has been out for at least a year but I just discovered it. You can hear Salbi’s NPR commentary which was aired in December 2005.
