In this dramatic and explosive book, an award-winning reporter delivers a narrative that takes readers deep inside the CIA to find the truth about the lies and self-deception that has led the United States into a military and political nightmare in the Middle East.
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In this dramatic and explosive book, an award-winning reporter delivers a narrative that takes readers deep inside the CIA to find the truth about the lies and self-deception that has led the United States into a military and political nightmare in the Middle East.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1400065836. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.1 X 1.34 X 9.45 inches; 343 pages; "Curveball answers the crucial question of the Iraq war: How and why was America's intelligence so catastrophically wrong? In this dramatic and explosive book, award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter 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."
Edition:
First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]
Publisher:
Random House (NY)
Published:
2007
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17728906495
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Francoise Joaquin (Author photograph) Good in Very good jacket. xxi, [1], 343, [1] pages. Small tears at edge of pages 315-322. Some page discoloration. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads Dear Alex & Pat, Bush threw us all a Curveball! Thanks for your support. All bests, Bob Drogin. Author's Note. Key Characters. Chronology. Glossary. Notes. Index. Bob Drogin (29 March 1952) is an American journalist and author. He worked for the Los Angeles Times, for nearly four decades. Drogin began his career with the Times as a national correspondent, based in New York, traveling to nearly every state in the United States. He spent eight years as a foreign correspondent, and as bureau chief in Manila and Johannesburg, before returning to the U.S. He covered intelligence and national security in the Washington bureau, from 1998 until retiring in November 2020. During his college years, he traveled throughout Asia and worked with UNICEF as a Shansi representative, of Oberlin College. He has a bachelor's degree in Asian Studies and received his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Drogin has won a number of awards during his career, including the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, and two prizes for his book, "Curveball: Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War, " a story of the Iraqi informant, who was a key source of false claims about Saddam Hussein's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). Curveball answers the crucial question of the Iraq war: How and why was America's intelligence so catastrophically wrong? In this dramatic and explosive book, award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter 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 hell on wheels. His grateful German hosts pass his account to their CIA counterparts but deny the Americans access to their superstar informant. The Americans nevertheless give the defector his unforgettable code name: Curveball. The case lies dormant until after 9/11, when the Bush administration turns its attention to Iraq. Determined to invade, Bush's people seize on Curveball's story about mobile germ labs, even though it has begun to unravel. Ignoring a flood of warnings about the informant's credibility, the CIA allows President Bush to cite Curveball's unconfirmed claims in a State of the Union speech. Finally, Secretary of State Colin Powell highlights the Iraqi's eyewitness account during his historic address to the U.N. Security Council. Yet the entire case is based on a fraud. America's vast intelligence apparatus conjured up demons that did not exist. And the proof was clear before the war. Most of the events and conversations presented here have not been reported before. The portrayals, from an obdurate president to a bamboozled secretary of state to a bungling CIA director to case handlers conned by their snitch, are vivid and exciting. Curveball reads like an investigative spy thriller. Fast-paced and engrossing, it is an inside story of intrigue and incompetence at the highest levels of government. At a time when Americans demand answers, this authoritative book provides them with clarity and conviction.
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