Circle of Fear

by Hussein Sumaida

Circle of Fear is the unique story of one man's love-hate relationship with his country, taking the reader, like no other book to date, into the inner workings of Iraqi society. The reader will learn of the Da'wah (the Islamic fundamentalist opp0sition to Saddam Hussein's government hitherto largely unknown to the West), the operations inside Iraq of terrorists such as Abu al-Abbas, the nuclear reactor Osirak, which even now may be active, chilling news of an accident in a typhoid plant and much more.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Politics, Espionage

295 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1991

Reviews

[Blaine Morrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Convoluted story that - if it's really true - is stranger than any fiction. The writing is sometimes hard to follow, but there's plenty of action and Sumaida's insights into Iraqi life and politics are interesting. The last chapter - in which the author speculates about Iraq's future - is especially interesting and worth reading.

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hmmm...a very strange and scary book. IF half of it is true, I can't believe this guy made it through.