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When We Misread Dictators... Steve Coll on Saddam Hussein and the American Invasion of Iraq

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As a writer I had the space to try to humanize him without sanitizing him. That was my mission: to try to see the world from behind his eyes in order to explain his otherwise inexplicable behavior.

Steve Coll
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Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has served as President and CEO of New America and the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently a staff writer at The New Yorker. His most recent book is The Achilles’ Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq.
Key Highlights

  • Introduction - 0:20
  • Saddam Hussein - 2:56
  • Iran-Iraq War - 10:22
  • WMD - 27:06
  • 2003 American Invasion - 46:03

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The Achilles’ Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll
How Iraq was Lost” by Robert Kaplan in The New Statesman (Book Review of The Achilles' Trap)
Read more from Steve Coll at The New Yorker
Democracy Paradox Podcast
Robert Kaplan on the Politics of the Past and Future of the Greater Middle East
Steven Simon on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East including Iran and the Wars in Iraq
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1. When We Misread Dictators... Steve Coll on Saddam Hussein and the American Invasion of Iraq (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:20)

3. Saddam Hussein (00:02:56)

4. Iran-Iraq War (00:10:22)

5. WMD (00:27:06)

6. 2003 American Invasion (00:46:03)

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As a writer I had the space to try to humanize him without sanitizing him. That was my mission: to try to see the world from behind his eyes in order to explain his otherwise inexplicable behavior.

Steve Coll
Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon
Make a one-time Donation to Democracy Paradox.
Proudly sponsored by the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Learn more at https://kellogg.nd.edu
Read Justin Kempf's essay "The Revolution Will Be Podcasted."
A full transcript is available at www.democracyparadox.com.
Steve Coll is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who has served as President and CEO of New America and the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is currently a staff writer at The New Yorker. His most recent book is The Achilles’ Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq.
Key Highlights

  • Introduction - 0:20
  • Saddam Hussein - 2:56
  • Iran-Iraq War - 10:22
  • WMD - 27:06
  • 2003 American Invasion - 46:03

Key Links
The Achilles’ Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve Coll
How Iraq was Lost” by Robert Kaplan in The New Statesman (Book Review of The Achilles' Trap)
Read more from Steve Coll at The New Yorker
Democracy Paradox Podcast
Robert Kaplan on the Politics of the Past and Future of the Greater Middle East
Steven Simon on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East including Iran and the Wars in Iraq
More Episodes from the Podcast
More Information
Apes of the State created all Music
Email the show at [email protected]
Follow on Twitter @DemParadox, Facebook, Instagram @democracyparadoxpodcast
100 Books on Democracy

Support the show

  continue reading

Chapters

1. When We Misread Dictators... Steve Coll on Saddam Hussein and the American Invasion of Iraq (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:20)

3. Saddam Hussein (00:02:56)

4. Iran-Iraq War (00:10:22)

5. WMD (00:27:06)

6. 2003 American Invasion (00:46:03)

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