Debriefing the president
Subtitle: the interrogation of Saddam Hussein
By: John Nixon
Publisher: Blue Rider Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780399575815
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Last years; Politics and government; Imprisonment
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: unfinished business; title: Holy shit, it's Saddam!; title: Dare to be right; title: Destination Baghdad; title: Winging it; title: Getting under Saddam's fingernails; title: The Persian menace; title: Turbans in politics; title: Death to Shiites and Zionists; title: Saddam blows his top; title: Deep dive in the Oval Office; title: Crosswise with the president; title: In the shadow of his father; title: The first draft of history; title: Leaving with regrets; title: Epilogue: a hanging in the middle of the night.