The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of Americas Invasion of Iraq
In this edition of\xa0Wilson Center NOW, we speak with Steve Coll, editor at the Economist, author, and a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He discusses his latest book, \u201cThe Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America\u2019s Invasion of Iraq.\u201d\xa0The author uncovered unpublished and underreported sources, conducted interviews with surviving participants, and obtained Saddam\u2019s own transcripts and audio files, to create "the definitive account of how corruptions of power, lies of diplomacy, and vanity\u2014on both sides\u2014led to avoidable errors of statecraft, ones that would enact immeasurable human suffering and forever change the political landscape as we know it." The author has donated many of the assets he used to research the book to the Wilson Center Digital Archive.\xa0