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Author: Nixon, John (Middle East expert)

📘 Debriefing the president by Nixon, John (Middle East expert)

The first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Saddam Hussein after his capture explains why preconceived ideas about the dictator led Washington policymakers and the Bush White House astray.

First publish date: 2016

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