The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003 by Steve Coll games wettest Wales

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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003 by Steve Coll games wettest WalesThe Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq and, for the first time, details America's fundamental miscalculations during its ruinous, decades long relationship with Saddam Hussein. Beginning with Saddam's rise to power in 1979 and the birth of Iraq's secret nuclear weapons programme, Steve Coll traces Saddam's motives through understanding his inner circle. He