Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother; the beautiful Alia; taught her daughter the skills she needed to survive. A plastic smile. Saying yes. Burying in boxes in her mind the horrors she glimpsed around her. "Learn to erase your memories;" she instructed. "He can read eyes."In this richly visual memoir; Salbi describes tyranny as she saw it - through the eyes of a privileged child; a rebellious teenager; a violated wife; and ultimately a public figure fighting to overcome the skill that once kept her alive: silence. Between Two Worlds is a riveting quest for truth that deepens our understanding of the universal themes of power; fear; sexual subjugation; and the question one generation asks the one before it: How could you have let this happen to us?
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. History RecordBy MLKAs a history student; I love the suspense here. WWII was the classic "cat and mouse" game. Rommel's success in North Africa was more about his intelligence team than anything else. When he was no longer able to read allied messages; he was just another General Officer that had to think his strategy differently in battle planning. It is easy to be the "Desert Fox" when you can read your enemies' message. The cracking of the Enigma was one of the greatest successes of WWII and help the allies defeat Nazi Germany. The Midway battle was successful because the US cracked the Japanese JN -25 code. This is a simplification of the book. The reading can be challenging at times; however; it is a great read for us historians. Knowledge is power!4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Great account of the effort by the Allies; especially Britain; to break EnigmaBy John RatcliffI have read a number of accounts of the role of Bletchley Park and other factors accounting for breaking the German Enigma code and cipher system during World War II. This is by far the most complete. In particular; Kahn describes how important to the overall effort capturing actual code books was without in any way diminishing the brilliant cryptanalysis which occurred at Bletchley Park. Also gives overdue credit to the early work done in Poland which made its way to Bletchley Park.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy Dale D. WyattI thoroughly enjoyed this book. It showed the complexities of enigma and the race to break the code. I had seen the movie the Imitation Game which is a poor Hollywood version of what really happened at Bletchley. I particularly enjoyed the pictures of the machine and the explanation of how a message was sent through the enigma machine.
