Don Eberly is a nationally and internationally noted author, civic entrepreneur, and advocate for civil society and private philanthropy. His career includes a decade serving in senior policy positions in the Congress and two administrations, and another decade advocating for and creating non-profit organizations to strengthen community and civic life.
"As head of Iraq's Ministry of Youth and Sport -- and in charge of Iraq's rejoining the Olympics -- he [Don] was the direct successor to Saddam Hussein's son Uday and developed a keen sense of the terrible things that had gone before. His is a balanced and thoughtful account of an improvised attempt to make the best of a bad job."