The Essentials of LifeJoin now to read essay The Essentials of LifePart 1Joseph Stalin was a political leader born in 1879 in Russia. He was the leader of the U.S.S.R from 1928 until 1953. He obtained power of the Soviet Union after the Death of Lenin. As a member of the Bolshevik party, Stalin was active in the October Revolution 1n 1917. Being so active there, he was able to make his way up the communist party totem pole and was named General Secretary of the Central Committee. By the end of the 1920s Stalin had taken power from his opponent, Leon Trotsky and became the dictator of the Soviet Union. In the 1930s Stalin becoming more and more paranoid executing anyone who opposed him and started industrial and agricultural programs that left many peasants dead. He died in 1953 of natural causes.
Part 2Saddam Hussein was born April 28th, 1937 to an Arab family in Tikrit, Iraq, on the. His father apparently died before Saddams birth. Saddams stepfather would not allow him to go to school so he ran away to his mothers brothers home. It was his maternal uncle who raised him all through adolescence. Hes uncle was an ex-army man and was an Arab nationalist. In 1956 Saddam moved to Baghdad and joined the Arab Socialist party, Baath. In 1959 Saddam was part of the Baath team who tried to assassinate Iraqi president and dictator at the time, Abd al-Karim Qasim however they failed and Saddam fled to Egypt. Quasims regime was eventually overthrown by nationalist though in 1963. Quasim was killed and Saddam returned to Iraq with other exiled Iraqis.
In1963, General Abd al-Salam Arif successfully overthrew the anti-Baathist party and Saddam went back underground. In 1963, he began to doing secret party activities. In 1964 he was captured and imprisoned, but managed to escape. In 1966, while underground, Saddam became a member of the regional command of the Iraqi branch of the Baath Party and helped organize the Baaths second attempt to seize power. Saddam was known to be a tough, political enforcer, willing to stop enemies of the party at all costs. In 1968 the Baath party regained power after a coup that overthrew Abdul Rahman Arif. Al-Bakr was named president and Saddam was named vice president of the Revolutionary Command Council after eliminating rivals competing for the position.
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1.2.1 An example of the role played by Saddam and Saddam’s families with the Khartoum family of Saudi Arabia is to give an example of how Saddam and the brothers-in-law of Saudi Arabia would view or be seen through Saddam’s face when he was younger.
The most common story in The United States by way of the following passages refers to this situation:
Saddam was never seen to be around people after the overthrow of his brother-in-law and uncle, Hussein bin Abdul Aziz, while the Khartoum’s were in power. Hussein knew he was being watched. An older Khartoum brother-in-law had recently been deposed and, despite the fact that Hussein’s son-in-law, Khalid, had become a leading member of a military force in Kuwait, the Khartoum family was in a very bad situation. Hussein recognized the importance of keeping his family in touch with a national community, including local men and women, and, at its core, was trying to establish himself as a leader who would be respected even by those that were of opposition to the Khartoum family. Hussein was always in his place. Saddam kept him in touch with his older brother and the younger sons-in-law. He could make arrangements for a visit from their former friend, Abdul Aziz, and an offer of support. The elder Khartoumor was extremely important. Saddam thought in this way because both were leaders of a very important military force, even the most junior of them. (3)
Saddam was certainly aware of the power of his brother and in some respects did not like his sister-in-law. Hussein asked his sister-in-law to move to Kuwait and if she didn’t like it, Hussein could tell her he knew where to go. Saddam asked his daughter. If Hussein did not love his sister, her step daughter wouldn’t help him, even after his sister’s death in the Gulf War. Hussein wanted her help in organizing protests in Kuwait. The younger Khartoum also wanted her help. He tried to convince an elder Khartoum to come to Kuwait and in many cases even had her join the protests in Kuwait. The younger Khalif was involved in both those efforts. For example, on two occasions, in 1967 and 1968, the younger children were invited to be present at his funeral, so the elder Khalif could not participate. Hussein was aware of this situation, and wanted to avoid the embarrassment of his younger brother going in for the funeral. Saddam made his decision because he thought he knew that his sons-in-laws were not as influential as some of Saddam’s supporters might suggest. The older Khartoumor said, “I don’t support you