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A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's
interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the
questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most
aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces captured Iraqi
president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of Tikrit. Beset by
body-double rumors and false alarms during a nine-month search, the
Bush administration needed positive identification of the prisoner
before it could make the announcement that would rocket around the
world. At the time, John Nixon was a senior CIA leadership analyst
who had spent years studying the Iraqi dictator. Called upon to
make the official ID, Nixon looked for telltale scars and tribal
tattoos and asked Hussein a list of questions only he could answer.
The man was indeed Saddam Hussein, but as Nixon learned in the
ensuing weeks, both he and America had greatly misunderstood just
who Saddam Hussein really was. Debriefing the President presents an
astounding, candid portrait of one of our era's most notorious
strongmen. Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged
interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight
into the history and mind of America's most enigmatic enemy. After
years of parsing Hussein's leadership from afar, Nixon faithfully
recounts his debriefing sessions and subsequently strips away the
mythology surrounding an equally brutal and complex man. His
account is not an apology, but a sobering examination of how
preconceived ideas led Washington policymakers-and Tony Blair's
government -astray. Unflinching and unprecedented, Debriefing the
President exposes a fundamental misreading of one of the modern
world's most central figures and presents a new narrative that
boldly counters the received account.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
A history of the Cark airfield site - from the proposed airship
factory development in 1916-1917 to its wartime use as RAF Cark.
Including: No1 Staff Pilot Training Unit from 1942-1945 No 9 Light
Artillery Unit 650 Squadron Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit from
1942-1944. Also RAF Grange-over-Sands Equipment Officer's Training
School based in the Cumbria Grand Hotel from 1941-1944. A lavishly
illustrated and at times humorous journey through the history of
these establishments. This book will transport the reader far
beyond Cumbria to such diverse locations as Iceland, South Africa,
Canada, Australia, America and even Blackpool. In recognition of
the avid interest which still exists concerning the war years this
book is the author's attempt to illustrate what the conflict meant
to the South Furness peninsula and to engage the reader in his
long-standing and undiminished fascination with our local wartime
airfields."
Title: Among the Boers; or, Notes of a trip to South Africa in
search of health ... Illustrated.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and
documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also
included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of
trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Nixon, John; 1880. 322
p.; 8 . 10097.h.7.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Debriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of
one of our era's most notorious strongmen. John Nixon, the first
man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his
capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of
America's most enigmatic enemy. In December 2003, after one of the
largest, most aggressive manhunts in history, US military forces
captured Iraqi president Saddam Hussein near his hometown of
Tikrit. Beset by body-double rumors and false alarms during a
nine-month search, the Bush administration needed positive
identification of the prisoner before it could make the
announcement that would rocket around the world. At the time, John
Nixon was a senior CIA leadership analyst who had spent years
studying the Iraqi dictator. Called upon to make the official ID,
Nixon looked for telltale scars and tribal tattoos and asked
Hussein a list of questions only he could answer. The man was
indeed Saddam Hussein, but as Nixon learned in the ensuing weeks,
both he and America had greatly misunderstood just who Saddam
Hussein really was. After years of parsing Hussein's leadership
from afar, Nixon faithfully recounts his debriefing sessions and
subsequently strips away the mythology surrounding an equally
brutal and complex man. His account is not an apology, but a
sobering examination of how preconceived ideas led Washington
policymakers-and the Bush White House-astray. Unflinching and
unprecedented, Debriefing the President exposes a fundamental
misreading of one of the modern world's most central figures and
presents a new narrative that boldly counters the received account.
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