Books and Arts; Book Review;Iraq under Saddam；Only obeying orders；
文艺；书评；萨达姆治下的伊拉克；唯命是从；

The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny，By Wendell Steavenson
《一粒荠菜籽的重量：一个伊拉克将军和他的家庭在三十年暴政时期的亲密故事》，温德尔·史蒂文森著。

Why did so many apparently decent Iraqis serve Saddam Hussein so loyally for so many years? An American-British reporter, Wendell Steavenson, has interviewed a score or more of Iraqi soldiers, from sergeants to generals, trawling through their life histories to find an answer. In particular, she befriends the family of a brave general, Kamel Sachet Aziz al-Janabi, delving into his life story through his wife, several of his nine children and numerous friends and admirers.
为什么在那么多的年月里，会有那么多看起来很正直的伊拉克人对萨达姆是那样的忠心耿耿呢？为了找到答案，美裔英籍记者温德尔·史蒂文森采访了二十多名伊拉克军人，其中既有中士也有将军，深入了解了他们的人生经历。值得一提的是，她还为英勇的将军卡米尔·萨西尔·阿齐兹·阿尔-贾纳比的家人提供了热心帮助，并通过他的妻子、9个孩子中的几个以及众多朋友和崇拜者，对他的人生传奇进行了探寻。

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