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Debriefing the president : the interrogation of Saddam Hussein / John Nixon.
LIBRA DS79.66.H87 N59 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nixon, John (Middle East expert), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006--Imprisonment.
- Hussein, Saddam.
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006--Last years.
- Nixon, John (Middle East expert).
- Nixon, John.
- Nixon, John (Middle East expert.).
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
- Last years of a person's life.
- Imprisonment.
- Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.
- Iraq.
- Politics and government.
- Iraq--Politics and government.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).
- HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011).
- Local Subjects:
- Nixon, John (Middle East expert.).
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
- Iraq--Politics and government.
- Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).
- HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011).
- Physical Description:
- 242 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Blue Rider Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Saddam Hussein after his capture explains why preconceived ideas about the dictator led Washington policymakers and the Bush White House astray.
- Contents:
- Prologue: unfinished business
- Holy shit, it's Saddam!
- Dare to be right
- Destination Baghdad
- Winging it
- Getting under Saddam's fingernails
- The Persian menace
- Turbans in politics
- Death to Shiites and Zionists
- Saddam blows his top
- Deep dive in the Oval Office
- Crosswise with the president
- In the shadow of his father
- The first draft of history
- Leaving with regrets
- Epilogue: a hanging in the middle of the night.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Nixon, John (Middle East expert), author. Debriefing the president.
- ISBN:
- 9780399575815
- 0399575812
- OCLC:
- 961035037
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