The Achilles Trap
Workby Steve Coll · 2024
Heard in 1 episode across 1 show since Oct 2026
A history of Saddam Hussein’s rule and the decades-long relationship between Iraq and the United States. Steve Coll examines how Saddam’s motives, inner circle, and strategic deceptions—alongside repeated CIA and presidential miscalculations—helped lead to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
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