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- Published: 27 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781802066166
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $28.00
The Achilles Trap
Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003
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- Published: 27 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781802066166
- Imprint: Penguin Audio
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $28.00
PRAISE FOR DIRECTORATES: A cracking read ... The errors Coll catalogues are familiar. What Coll does, though, is present all this in far more detail than anyone before him. Some of the episodes he describes are darkly hilarious ... a must-read for anyone who cares about this never-ending war.
Christina Lamb, Sunday Times
Spellbinding ... a magisterial account of the great tragedy of our age.
Robert Fox, Evening Standard
Engrossing ... Steve Coll has written a book of surpassing excellence.
Andrew J. Bacevich, The New York Times Book Review
A spectacular account ... a cast of characters that makes Bourne movies pale in comparison.
Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times
Masterful and entertaining ... might well become the definitive account of the CIA and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rafia Zakaria, Guardian