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Real Dictators
The author, Alex Fontoune, discusses Saddam Hussein's penchant for having statues erected of himself throughout Iraq. He draws a comparison to the personality cult of Joseph Stalin and discusses Saddam's efforts to portray himself as a benevolent leader.
Alex Fontoune's on man is the author of Fallen Idles, 12 statues that made history.
— Episode: Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayato...
Episode: Saddam Hussein Part 3: Oil and the Ayatollah
The author, Alex Fontoune, discusses Saddam Hussein's penchant for having statues erected of himself throughout Iraq. He draws a comparison to the personality cult of Joseph Stalin and discusses Saddam's efforts to portray himself as a benevolent leader.
Alex Fontoune's on man is the author of Fallen Idles, 12 statues that made history.
Saddam even grew quite a similar moustache to Stalin so you know kind of adopted that look a little bit and very very much bought into that same social tradition of portraying himself as a benevolent uncle as this kind of kindly leader as this big brother without irony.