{"product_id":"how-to-feed-a-dictator-saddam-hussein-idi-amin-enver-hoxha-fidel-castro-and-pol-pot-through-the-eyes-of-their-cooks-9780143129752","title":"How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, IDI Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Amazing stories . . . Intimate portraits of how  these five ruthless leaders] were at home and at the table.\" --Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnthony Bourdain meets Kapuściński in this chilling look from within the kitchen at the appetites of five of the twentieth century's most infamous dictators, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDancing Bears.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat was Pol Pot eating while two million Cambodians were dying of hunger? Did Idi Amin really eat human flesh? And why was Fidel Castro obsessed with one particular cow? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traveling across four continents, from the ruins of Iraq to the savannahs of Kenya, Witold Szablowski tracked down the personal chefs of five dictators known for the oppression and massacre of their own citizens--Iraq's Saddam Hussein, Uganda's Idi Amin, Albania's Enver Hoxha, Cuba's Fidel Castro, and Cambodia's Pol Pot--and listened to their stories over sweet-and-sour soup, goat-meat pilaf, bottles of rum, and games of gin rummy. Dishy, deliciously readable, and dead serious, \u003ci\u003eHow to Feed a Dictator\u003c\/i\u003e provides a knife's-edge view of life under tyranny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143129752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2020 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Witold Szablowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634936803484,"sku":"9780143129752","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bdeeab46-647b-4b21-8387-4c8244133099.jpg?v=1603838069","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-to-feed-a-dictator-saddam-hussein-idi-amin-enver-hoxha-fidel-castro-and-pol-pot-through-the-eyes-of-their-cooks-9780143129752","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}