CON COUGHLIN

¿Qué sabemos, en realidad, de Saddam Hussein? Con Coughin, director ejecutivo del Daily Telegraph y corresponsal en Oriente Medio durante más de veinte años nos cuenta los secretos del dictador. Veremos como Saddam crecio acostumbrado a la violencia. Cuando era niño, paseaba por su pueblo con una barra de hierro con la que atemorizaba a sus vecinos. Como adolescente, cometio varios asesinatos por orden del partido filonazi en el que militaba. Como adulto, ha sembrado el terror en tanto en Irak como en los demas paises de la zona con sus guerras contra Iran y Kuwait. Su biografia es una historia terrible de sangre y ambicion sin limites que ahora se presenta por primera vez a los lectores españoles.

On 1 February 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran to a tumultuous welcome and the Iranian revolution that that he masterminded has become one of the defining moments of the modern age. Today the challenge of radical Islam represents the greatest threat to world peace seen since the darkest days of the Cold War, and the legacy of Khomeinis Islamic Revolution lies at the heart of many of the worlds most intractable conflicts.Khomeinis Ghost is the definitive biographical account of how an impoverished young student from a remote area of southern Iran came to be the political and the spiritual leader of his country. Drawing on a wide variety of Iranian sources, including religious figures who knew and worked with Khomeini both in exile and in power, Con Coughlin examines in detail the principles of Khomeinis Islamic Revolution and the impact of his legacy today, whether it is in Irans support for radical Islamic groups or Irans commitment to developing an atom bomb. Frighteningly topical, compellingly readable and written with authority and profound understanding of the subject, this is political biography at its best.

Over a century ago, a young cavalry lieutenant wrote a riveting account of what he saw during his first major campaign, a vicious war against tribal insurgents on the North-West Frontier. Winston Churchills The Story of the Malakand Field Force, published in 1898, made his reputation as a writer - and as a soldier. More than 120 years later it is still required reading for military commanders on the ground, both British and American.Now, acclaimed author and foreign correspondent Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign, combining colourful historical narrative, interviews with contemporary key players and the journalists eye for both a good story and deep analysis. Churchills First War is not only a dramatic and vivid piece of military history but affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century Great Game and the twenty-first century conflict that has now raged longer than the Second World War and taken more lives than the Falklands.Incisive and deliciously readableDaily Express

Engrossing . . . has the vice-like grip of a thriller- The TelegraphFascinating, timely and sharp- Simon Sebag MontefioreIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life, examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country.Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the worlds view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in American Vogue was headlined The Rose in the Desert. Shortly after it appeared, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later.In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assads remarkable story, revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father, but held on to power to preside over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times.

Engrossing . . . has the vice-like grip of a thriller The TelegraphFascinating, timely and sharp Simon Sebag MontefioreIn Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life, examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country.Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the worlds view of Bashar al-Assad was largely benign. He and his wife, a former British banker, were viewed as philanthropic individuals doing their best to keep their country at peace. So much so that a profile of Mrs Assad in American Vogue was headlined The Rose in the Desert. Shortly after it appeared, Syria descended into the horrific civil war that has seen its cities reduced to rubble and thousands murdered and displaced, a civil war that is still raging over a decade later.In this vivid and authoritative account Con Coughlin draws together all the strands of Assads remarkable story, revealing precisely how a young doctor ensured not only that he inherited the presidency from his father, but held on to power over one of the most brutal regimes of modern times for so long.Now with a new and updated chapter.