{"product_id":"children-of-monsters-an-inquiry-into-the-sons-and-daughters-of-dictators-9781594038150","title":"Children of Monsters: An Inquiry Into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators","description":"What's it like to be the son or daughter of a dictator? A monster on the Stalin level? What's it like to bear a name synonymous with oppression, terror, and evil? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJay Nordlinger set out to answer that question, and does so in this book. He surveys 20 dictators in all. They are the worst of the worst: Stalin, Mao, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, and so on. The book is not about them, really, though of course they figure in it. It's about their children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome of them are absolute loyalists. They admire, revere, or worship their father. Some of them actually succeed their father as dictator--as in North Korea, Syria, and Haiti. Some of them have doubts. A couple of them become full-blown dissenters, even defectors. A few of the daughters have the experience of having their husband killed by their father. Most of these children are rocked by war, prison, exile, or other upheaval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObviously, the children have things in common. But they are also individuals, making of life what they can. The main thing they have in common is this: They have been dealt a very, very unusual hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat would \u003ci\u003eyou\u003c\/i\u003e do, if you were the offspring of an infamous dictator, who lords it over your country? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn early reader of this book said, \"There's an opera on every page\" a drama, a tragedy (or even a comedy). Another reader said he had read the chapter on Bokassa \"with my eyes on stalks.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet these characters for yourself. Marvel, shudder, and ponder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Encounter Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594038150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/2016 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jay Nordlinger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197242765493,"sku":"9781594038150","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_04f806d1-7cdf-4707-813c-2d22c493a764.jpg?v=1769622730","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/children-of-monsters-an-inquiry-into-the-sons-and-daughters-of-dictators-9781594038150","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}