Saddam's bombmaker

By Khidhir Hamza, Khiḍr ʻAbd al-ʻAbbās Ḥamzah, Jeff Stein

Subjects: United Nations, Nuclear arms control, Hussein, saddam, 1937-2006, Central government policies, Current Events / International, Middle East - General, Iraq, Iraq, politics and government, Scientists - General, United Nations. Special Commission on Iraq, Military - Persian Gulf War, Military - Persian Gulf War (1991), Military policy, Biological and chemical weapons, Persian gulf war, 1991, History - Military / War, Chemical & biological weapons, History, Nuclear weapons, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Kernwaffe, Military - Nuclear Warfare, History: World, Rüstungspolitik

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.