The Saddam Tapes

by Woods, Kevin M.; Palkki, David D.; Stout, Mark E.

• ISBN13: 9781107693487
• ISBN10: 1107693489
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-30
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

During the 2003 war that ended Saddam Hussein's regime, coalition forces captured thousands of hours of secret recordings of meetings, phone calls, and conferences. Originally prepared by the Institute for Defense Analyses for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, this study presents annotated transcripts of Iraqi audio recordings of meetings between Saddam Hussein and his inner circle. The original study, and the larger body of captured recordings on which it rests, will provide researchers with important insights into the inner-workings of the regime and, it is hoped, the nature of authoritarian regimes more generally. The collection has implications for a range of historical questions. How did Saddam react to the pressures of his wars? How did he manage the Machiavellian world he created? How did he react to the signals and actions of the international community on matters of war and peace? Was there a difference between the public and the private Saddam on critical matters of state? A close examination of this material in the context of events and other available evidence will address these and other questions.

Table of Contents

Figures	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Note to Readers	p. xi
Dramatis Personae	p. xv
Map of Iraq	p. xx
Introduction	p. 1
The United States	p. 16
The "Zionist Entity"	p. 59
The Arab World	p. 84
Qadisiyyah Saddam (The Iran-Iraq War)	p. 126
The Mother of All Battles	p. 165
Special Munitions	p. 219
The Embargo and the Special Commission	p. 254
Hussein Kamil	p. 296
Epilogue	p. 323
Appendix: Timeline	p. 333
References	p. 341
Index	p. 361
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