Hunting Down Saddam - Softcover

Moore, Robin

 
9780312936679: Hunting Down Saddam

Synopsis

Includes candid accounts from soldiers on the frontline, exclusive interviews with key military leaders, and other never before heard stories of the triumphs and frustrations of the pursuit of Saddam.

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About the Author

Robin Moore won the admiration of the Green Berets forty years ago during the Vietnam War. That admiration has not flagged with a new generation of soldiers. To this day, Moore receives letters from enlisted men who say the book The Green Berets motivated their career in the Special Forces. A nose gunner (B-17) in World War II, Robin Moore spent his seventy-eighth birthday in Iraq, interviewing troops for Hunting Down Saddam. When not in war zones or on army bases, he makes his home in Concord, Massachusetts.

From the Back Cover

How Did We Get Him?

This authoritative and gripping account takes readers into the real and personal story of the United States forces in Iraq, and their successful maneuvers in capturing one of the most vicious dictators of our time. Hunting Down Saddam contains up-to-the-minute material and provides never-before-heard accounts of the triumphs and frustrations, strategies and attacks, of those who put their lives at risk to track down Saddam Hussein.

*The first book to tell the whole story of the pursuit of Saddam, from prewar to his capture
*Candid accounts straight from the soldiers on the frontline, which have not been sanitized or filtered through the media, the military, or the Pentagon
*Exclusive interviews with key military leaders, including Colonel "Smokin' Joe" Anderson, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles), who led the attack on Saddam's sons

Action-packed and controversial, Hunting Down Saddam teems with inside information. Best-selling author Robin Moore gets the real story from these fighting men as only he can. The capture of Saddam Hussein is the defining event for this generation's military and now it is fully detailed in this riveting book.

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9780312329167: Hunting Down Saddam

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ISBN 10:  0312329164 ISBN 13:  9780312329167
Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2004
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