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From the most intrepid correspondent in the Middle East, the first biography of the most controversial figure in post-occupation Iraq.

About the Author

Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Independent, has been reporting from Iraq since 1978. He was awarded the 2005 Martha Gellhorn prize for war reporting and the James Cameron Memorial Award in 2006. He is the author of The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq (shortlisted for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2007), The Broken Boy, a memoir, and, with Andrew Cockburn, Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein.