Curveball Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War

Name: Curveball Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War
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ISBN: 9781400065837

ISBN-10: 1400065836

ISBN-13: 9781400065837

Edition: 2007

Authors: Bob Drogin

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Curveballanswers the crucial question of the Iraq war: How and why was America’s intelligence so catastrophically wrong? In this dramatic and explosive book, award-winningLos Angeles Timesreporter Bob Drogin delivers a narrative that takes us to Europe, the Middle East, and deep inside the CIA to find the truth–the truth about the lies and self-deception that led us into a military and political nightmare. In 1999, a mysterious Iraqi applies for political asylum in Munich. The young chemical engineer offers compelling testimony of Saddam Hussein’s secret program to build weapons of mass destruction. He claims that the dictator has constructed germ factories on trucks, creating a deadly…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Author's Note


Key Characters


Prologue


Munich: 1999-2001


Washington: 2002-2003


Baghdad: 2003-2004


Chronology


Glossary


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index