| Saddam's Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq's Secret Weapon Contributor(s): Stein, Jeff (Author), Hamza, Khidhir (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743211359 ISBN-13: 9780743211352 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: "DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THE LAW. THE LAW IS ANYTHING I WRITE ON A SCRAP OF PAPER." -- SADDAM HUSSEIN In a white-knuckle thriller, Khidhir Hamza, 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. Taking readers 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. From the relentless dangers Dr. Hamza endured in Iraq to his harrowing flight across three continents and his first encounter with skeptical CIA agents who turned him away, "Saddam's Bombmaker" is a true-to-life thriller as rich in danger, intrigue, and personal courage as a well-crafted spy novel.
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - History | Military - Persian Gulf War (1991) - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 355.021 |
| LCCN: 00055609 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.62" W x 8.56" (0.63 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a white-knuckle thriller, Khidhir Hamza, 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. "Don't tell me about the law. The law is anything I write on a scrap of paper." --Saddam Hussein Taking readers 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. From the relentless dangers Dr. Hamza endured in Iraq to his harrowing flight across three continents and his first encounter with skeptical CIA agents who turned him away, Saddam's Bombmaker is a true-to-life thriller as rich in danger, intrigue, and personal courage as a well-crafted spy novel. |