Iraq from Monarchy to Tyranny: From the Hashemites to the Rise of Saddam - Paperbackby Michael Eppel (Author) This timely book analyzes the political events in Iraq that gave rise to one of the most brutal and sophisticated regimes of the modern era. Analyzing the country's history from 1941 to the Ba'ath Party's takeover of the government in 1968, Michael Eppel re creates the domestic, social, and ideological climate that led to the establishment of Saddam Hussein's despotic control of Iraq in 1979. Author Biography Michael Eppel,