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In *Secret History of the Iraq War*, Yossef Bodansky draws on decades of experience as an intelligence expert and Congressional task‑force director to expose the hidden failures that shaped the U.S. intervention and its disastrous aftermath. He argues that the war was doomed from the start, pointing to systematic intelligence blunders, misjudged alliances, and mismanaged post‑invasion governance. Bodansky’s account uncovers previously unknown links between Saddam Hussein and extremist networks, details Iraq’s covert chemical and biological programs, and reveals how intelligence agencies and foreign actors, including Russia and North Korea, influenced the conflict. The book offers a comprehensive, evidence‑based portrait of a war that has left Iraq in a cycle of insurgency and regional instability.
First publish date: June 15, 2004
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Yossef Bodansky
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