The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq TC_Bestseller one of Proust’s most devastating

one of Proust’s most devastating set pieces

is a treasure-house of story

and all the mice are gathering food

lending a helping hand

Published in association with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq TC_Bestseller one of Proust’s most devastatingA New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictators thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before. The New York Times Another triumph from one of our best journalists. The Washington Post "Voluminously researched and