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Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003

Af: Steve Coll
Kategori: History & military
Kategori nr.: 9210
Varenr.: 3261341
| Stregkode: 9780241686652
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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2024****A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORKER** From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam HusseinThe Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades-long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons programme, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives through understanding his inner circle. He brings to life the diplomats, scientists, family members and generals who had no choice but to defer to their leader - a leader directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, as well as the torture or imprisonment of many more. This was a man whose reasoning was impossible to reduce to a simple explanation, and the CIA and successive presidential administrations failed to grasp critical nuances in his paranoia, resentments and inconsistencies - even when the stakes were incredibly high. Using unpublished and underreported sources, interviews with surviving participants, and Saddam's own transcripts and audio files, The Achilles Trap is a remarkable picture of a dictator who was convinced the world was out to get him and acted accordingly. A work of great historical significance, it is the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy and vanity - on both sides - led to avoidable errors of statecraft: ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change our political landscape.

Detaljer

  • EAN
    9780241686652
  • Vægt
    980 g
  • Disponent
    Direkte titel
  • Forfatter
    Steve Coll
  • Forlag
    Allen Lane
  • ISBN
    9780241686652
  • Sprog
    Engelsk
  • Sideantal
    576
  • Udgivelsesdato
  • Format
    HARDBACK
  • Themakode
    NH, HBLW3
  • Kategori
    History & military
  • Kategori nr
    9210
  • Lev. varenr.
    1501
  • Højde/Dybde (mm)
    163 mm
  • Bredde (mm)
    240 mm
  • Længde (mm)
    35 mm