माकिया in English

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1. Also about this same time, Saddam began insisting on only good news, isolating himself further from often harsh realities. As ever-fewer underlings dared to contradict the boss's perceptions, his determined self-deception wreaked havoc outward from the presidential palace to the entire Iraqi government and beyond. The lead author of Iraqi Perspectives Project , Kevin M. Woods, and his four co-authors note, “By the mid-1990s, most of those near the regime inner circle recognized that everyone was lying to everyone else.” Deceits were reinforced and elaborated. In the words of an air defense officer, “One [officer] lied to another from the first lieutenant up, until it reached Saddam.”
   अच्छे ढंग से लिखी हुई, ऐतिहासिक सन्दर्भों से युक्त तथा अनेक विवरणों को उद्घाटित करने वाली इस पुस्तक को उस शासनकाल का वर्णन करने वाली कनान माकिया की कुशल Republic of Fear की श्रेणी में रखा जा सकता है. (संक्षिप्त संस्करण के लिये मई-जून का Foreign Affairs संस्करण देखें)