Gendered War and Rumors of Saddam Hussein in Uganda

Iraq, 9/11, and the War Understanding Mass Belief in the Perceived Threat of Saddam Hussein and Support for War

Was Saddam Hussein Like Adolf Hitler? A Personality Disorder Investigation

The present study used an informant method of psychiatric assessment to evaluate Saddam Hussein, and these results were compared to a posthumous assessment of Adolf Hitler. Eleven Iraqi adults who lived under Hussein’s influence for a median of 24 years completed the Coolidge Axis II Inventory, a measure of 14 personality disorders. The mean consensus among the 11 raters was r = .57. It reveale...

Compliance and Resistance in Iraq under Saddam Hussein: Evidence from the Files of the Ba‘th Party

What explains patterns of compliance with and resistance to autocratic rule? This paper provides a theoretical framework for understanding how individuals living under dictatorship calibrate their political behaviors. I argue that the types of non-compliance observed in autocratic contexts differ depending on the intensity of expected punishment and the extent to which sanctions are directed at...

Is Kim Jong-il like Saddam Hussein and Adolf Hitler? A personality disorder evaluation

A psychological profile was developed on North Korean leader Kim Jong-il based on a South Korean psychiatrist’s evaluation of 14 personality disorders in DSMIV-TR and of schizophrenic and psychotic symptoms. The psychiatrist, considered an expert on Kim Jong-il’s behavior, completed the informant version of the standardized, DSM-IV-TR aligned, 225-item Coolidge Axis II Inventory (CATI). The res...

Enemy of the State : the Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein

Enemy of the State: The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein,1 written by Michael A. Newton2 and Michael P. Scharf,3 is a fascinating, insider’s account of the establishment of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) in Baghdad and its first trial against former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The book does a fine job exploring the background of the Tribunal’s creation, detailing Saddam’s capture by Ame...