The Road from Saddam Hussein to Donald Trump

As the members of the Electoral College gathered across the country to elect the next President, on Monday, there was another rash of articles seeking to explain how an untested candidate, whose approval rating stood at 37.5 per cent on November 8th, had managed to defeat an opponent who was a former First Lady, U.S. senator, and Secretary of State. But the piece that caught my eye wasn't directly tied to the election. It was a gripping review in the Times of a new book by John Nixon, a former C...