{"product_id":"tyrants-the-worlds-20-worst-living-dictators-9780060590048","title":"Tyrants: The World's 20 Worst Living Dictators","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating, eye-opening read, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eTyrants\u003c\/em\u003e also reveals the extent that foreign corporations and governments support these tyrants despite their policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely and provocative, crafted with the popular touch that has made Wallechinsky a bestselling author, \u003cem\u003eTyrants\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tyrant Hall of Shame includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKim Jong-il\/North Korea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHu Jintao\/China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeyed Ali Khamenei\/Iran\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing Abdullah\/Saudi Arabia \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuammar al-Qaddafi\/Libya\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOmar al-Bashir\/Sudan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIslam Karimov\/Uzbekistan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaparmurat Niyazov\/Turkmenistan \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFidel Castro\/Cuba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060590048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 7.40w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2006 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"David Wallechinsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43896679104693,"sku":"9780060590048","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_44c90fa0-0af6-43d0-ab97-96017de4a202.jpg?v=1712631543","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tyrants-the-worlds-20-worst-living-dictators-9780060590048","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}