The Bomb in My Garden
The Secrets of Saddam's Nuclear Mastermind
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Acclaim for the Bomb in My Garden
"This one book will tell you more about Iraq's quest for weapons of mass destruction than all U.S. intelligence on the subject. It is a fascinating and rare glimpse inside Saddam Hussein's Iraqâand inside a tyrant's mind."
âFareed Zakaria, author of The Future of Freedom
"The Bomb in My Garden is important and utterly gripping. The old clichĂ© is trueâyou start reading, and you don't want to stop. Mahdi Obeidi's story makes clear how hard Saddam Hussein tried to develop a nuclear weapon, and the reasons he fell short. It is also unforgettable as a picture of how honorable people tried to cope with a despot's demands. I enthusiastically recommend this book."
âJames Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly
"One of the three or four accounts that anyone remotely interested in the Iraq debate will simply have to read. Apart from its insight into the workings of the Saddam nuclear project, it provides a haunting account of the atmosphere of sheer evil that permeated every crevice of Iraqi life under the old regime."
âchristopher hitchens, Slate
"Mahdi Obeidi describes in jaw-dropping detail how Iraq acquired the means to produce highly enriched uranium, the key ingredient to building a nuclear weapon, by the eve of the first Gulf War.... [His book] offers insights into how a determined dictator, backed by sufficient resources, can come within reach of acquiring the world's most horrific weapons."
âThe Washington Post BookWorld
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Bomb in My Garden
- 2. Early Ambitions
- 3. The Centrifuge
- 4. Saddamâs Grip
- 5. Shopping in Europe
- 6. The Crash Program
- 7. Nuclear Hide-and-Seek
- 8. The Dark Years
- 9. The March to War
- 10. The Time Capsule
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Index