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The Achilles trap : Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the origins of America's invasion of Iraq / Steve Coll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coll, Steve, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
- Hussein, Saddam.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.
- Iraq.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iraq.
- Iraq--Foreign relations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 556 pages)
- Other Title:
- Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the origins of America's invasion of Iraq
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2024.
- Contents:
- The physicist and the dictator
- A spy bearing gifts
- A man and the city
- Ambassadors of cynicism
- Department 3000
- A conspiracy foretold
- Druid leader
- 'Who is going to say anything?'
- Prodigal son
- Project 17
- Crash programs
- 'The situation is under excellent control'
- Iraqi spring
- The liar's truths
- Mr. Max and the mayfair swindler
- 'We need to turn this thing off, now!'
- 'There would be a bloodbath'
- Honor among tyrants
- Spy v. spy
- Crime and punishment
- The logic of illusion
- The secret garden
- The pundit
- Cold pitch
- Cracked mirrors
- 'Do we have WMD?'
- The edge of the abyss.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Coll, Steve. Achilles trap
- ISBN:
- 9780525562276
- 0525562273
- Publisher Number:
- 40032190203
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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