Hide and Seek

by Duelfer, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781586485573
• ISBN10: 1586485571
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-02
• Publisher: Public Affairs

Summary

Charles Duelfer is one of the most senior intelligence officers with on-the-ground experience to have worked in Iraq before, during, and after the Gulf War. His 2004 CIA report is widely renowned as the most authoritative account on how the world was led to believe that Saddam possessed weapons of mass destruction. But until now, Duelfer has never publicly shared his unrivaled expertise on just how the U.S.-Iraq relationship spiraled into a second war, and ultimately into chaos.Hide and Seekis his accountbased on unparalleled access to Iraqi leadership, the White House, and the CIAof the long and tragic unraveling of the U.S. relationship with Iraq. This book sees beyond the propaganda and deceits of both sides to tell the story of the miscalculations in assessing Iraq as a threat, why Saddam responded as he did to U.S. demands, and precisely how the U.S. implemented its decision to topple Saddam's regime. No one is better able than Duelfer to see inside the mindsets of the two administrations, with their mismatched priorities, wounded pride, and dangerous ability to bluff and counterbluff.

Author Biography

Charles Duelfer served as the deputy chairman of the United Nations weapons inspection organization (the UN Special Commission on Iraq—UNSCOM) from 1993 to 2000. He was also the leader of the Iraq Survey Group, which was the CIA-led team charged with the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. His name is commonly given to the final CIA report of the Iraq Survey Group, the Duelfer Report. He lives near Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Knowledge Is Costly	p. 1
Cradle of Conflict	p. 17
Shaping Regime Perspectives	p. 37
Negative Feedback Loop: Saddam's Miscalculations	p. 57
The UN Resolves...	p. 73
UNSCOM: The Great Game	p. 91
Targeting Concealment	p. 117
The End of UNSCOM	p. 137
Breaking Out: No Inspections, Crumbling Sanctions	p. 163
Transition	p. 181
The New War	p. 211
Getting Inside Iraq	p. 225
The Beginning of Regime Change	p. 249
Baghdad	p. 273
The Generator	p. 297
Governing in the New Iraq	p. 309
Iraq Survey Group	p. 331
Plato's Cave	p. 347
Abed	p. 363
Saddam	p. 385
The Al Abud Network	p. 413
The Comprehensive Report	p. 441
Kansas	p. 461
Notes	p. 481
Acknowledgments	p. 509
Index	p. 513
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