The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American

The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid

In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executionerâ€™s Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides â€œa brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and powerâ€ (USA TODAY).

The â€œcaptivatingâ€ (Military Times) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young American soldiers in the summer of 2006. Shortly after being deployed to Iraq, they learn their assignment: guarding Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution.

Living alongside, and caring for, their â€œhigh value detainee and regularly transporting him to his raucous trial, many of the men begin questioning some of their most basic assumptionsâ€”about the judicial process, Saddamâ€™s character, and the morality of modern war. Although the young soldiersâ€™ increasingly intimate conversations with the once-feared dictator never lead them to doubt his responsibility for unspeakable crimes, the men do discover surprising new layers to his psyche that run counter to the mediaâ€™s portrayal of him.

Woven from firsthand accounts provided by many of the American guards, government officials, interrogators, scholars, spies, lawyers, family members, and victims, The Prisoner in His Palace shows two Saddams coexisting in one person: the defiant tyrant who uses torture and murder as tools, and a shrewd but contemplative prisoner who exhibits surprising affection, dignity, and courage in the face of looming death.

In this thought-provoking narrative, Saddam, known as the â€œman without a conscience,â€ gets many of those around him to examine theirs. â€œA singular study exhibiting both military duty and human compassionâ€ (Kirkus Reviews), The Prisoner in His Palace grants us â€œa behind-the-scenes look at history thatâ€™s nearly impossible to put downâ€¦a mesmerizing glimpse into the final moments of a brutal tyrantâ€™s lifeâ€ (BookPage).
Country USA
Brand Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_150111784X
ReleaseDate 2018-10-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501117848

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner Book Company
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_150111784X
ReleaseDate	2018-10-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781501117848

The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid

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