A review by jonbrammer
The Weight of a Mustard Seed: An Iraqi General's Moral Journey During the Time of Saddam by Wendell Steavenson

4.0

Steavenson's time spent with the family of Iraqi General Kamel Sachet really shows the progression in the life of the country from the early optimism of Saddam's rule to the abuses that followed and the ambivalent complicity of those Baathies in high places. Sachet is shown to be a moral man whose guilt over the role he played in the regime is pushed to the breaking point. The irony is that his sons became involved in the anti-American insurgency - perhaps a twisted attempt to continue their father's tradition of military courage.