Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-08-28
Books mentioned on Children of Dictators
What happens when you are raised by an evil tyrant? In Episode 19 Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien (The Daily Zeitgeist) to examine what it is like being the children of monsters.
Robert Evans recommended Children of Monsters by Jay Nordlinger, and discussed Gorilla by Ted Gott and others and The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Children of Monsters
Children of Monsters by Jay Nordlinger is an examination of what it is like to grow up as the offspring of history's most notorious dictators.
Recommended“There's a number of sources for this podcast which I'll I'll go through as we read them, but I do want to upfront plug a book called Children of Monsters by Jay Nordinger. Uh it's a great book.”
Where to get it
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Gorilla
Discussed“The Children of Monsters book quotes a biography of Castro called Gorilla Prince, uh which is both a solid name for a rap album, uh and which I'll also quote uh because you know it's great.”
Where to get it
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The Prisoner in His Palace
The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper is a non-fiction work that chronicles the final days of Saddam Hussein through the eyes of the twelve young American soldiers tasked with guarding him in coalition custody.
Discussed“So, the story of how I'm quoting from Will Bonworper's uh the prisoner in his palace. Quote, "As punishment, he'd torched Uday's prized collection of Rolls-Royces, Bentley's, BMW's, Porsches, and Ferraris, which had been stored under guard in a garage in the Republican palace."”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Mein Kampf
“Well, he never makes much of a point of it in the interviews of him I read, but there's always talk about like, well, he might be entitled to the royalties for mine camp, right?”