From Saddam Hussein To Barack Hussein: The Story of Change, Legacy, and Ascendancy, by Jamaican author Donovan A. McFarlane ,communicates the paradoxical nature of change and leadership as processes shaping the very nature of existence, impacting the lives of ordinary and extraordinary individuals alike to forever alter the course of our world. This book chronicles the change process following an approximate decade of leadership, its ineffectiveness and effectiveness, and the breaking and making of strong leaders in national and global political contexts.