Today more than ever, international headlines are dominated by
dispatches from the many dictatorships that still dot the globe.
Although Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been deposed, North
Korea's Kim Jong-il continues to attract attention on the world
stage; at the same time, other dictatorships, led by royal
families, military juntas, and single political parties, persist in
repressing and brutalizing their citizens without ever attracting
anything like Saddam's or Kim Jong-il's level of international
attention.
In this fascinating, eye-opening read, New York Times
bestselling author David Wallechinsky offers in-depth portraits of
each of the twenty worst dictators -- and the governments they head
-- currently in power: exposing their crimes, and revealing their
strange personalities and mysterious backgrounds. Tyrants also
reveals the extent that foreign corporations and governments
support these tyrants despite their policies.
Timely and provocative, crafted with the popular touch that has
made Wallechinsky a bestselling author, Tyrants will awaken you to
the criminal regimes of the present -- and pose challenging
questions about America's role in curbing (or promoting) their
power in the future.
The Tyrant Hall of Shame includes: Kim Jong-il/North KoreaHu
Jintao/ChinaSeyed Ali Khamenei/IranKing Abdullah/Saudi Arabia
Muammar al-Qaddafi/LibyaOmar al-Bashir/SudanIslam
Karimov/UzbekistanSaparmurat Niyazov/Turkmenistan Fidel
Castro/Cuba
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