Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia were two very imposing dictators who ruled their nations cruelly and powerfully. Their tactics worked in the short run to superfically hold together ethnic tensions. However, both countries violently imploded from decades of internal repression after Tito died in 1980 and Saddam was captured in 2003.
Saddam
Saddam Hussein was born in 1937 into a very troubled household. His brother and father died shortly before birth, and his mother refused to see him after birth. Saddam grew up as a poor street kid and was raised mostly by his uncle…
