Saddam's bombmaker
Subtitle: the daring escape of the man who built Iraq's secret weapon
By: Khidhir Hamza with Jeff Stein
Contributors: Stein, Jeff
Edition: 1st Touchstone ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780743211352
Description: The author who spent twenty years developing Iraq's atomic weapon, recounts his life in Saddam Hussein's inner circle and his daring flight to the West. The book delves into the darkest corners of a regime ruled by a volatile, brutal leader, Dr. Hamza, the only defector who has lived to write a firsthand portrait of Iraq, also presents an unprecedented portrait of Saddam -- his drunken rages, his women, his cold-blooded murder of underlings, and his unrivaled power. If pushed to the wall, Saddam will use the bomb that Dr. Hamza helped create. This is an account of what he endured in Iraq to his harrowing flight across three continents and his first encounter with skeptical CIA agents who turned him away.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Escape; title: 2. Roots in the sand; title: 3. Going home; title: 4. The secret; title: 5. The life of the party; title: 6. Crunch time; title: 7. Accidents will happen; title: 8. Spies and lies; title: 9. The inside game; title: 10. The invisible empire; title: 11. Getting the goods; title: 12. The winds of war; title: 13. Aftermath; title: 14. The fugitive; title: 15. In from the cold; title: Epilogue : end game; title: Appendix : behind the scenes with the Iraqi nuclear bomb; title: Index.