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The Achilles Trap offers a meticulously researched account of the decades-long entanglement between the United States and Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Steve Coll explores how American foreign policy shifted from tentative support during the Iran-Iraq War to eventual military confrontation, examining the miscalculations, intelligence failures, and strategic decisions that led to the 2003 invasion.
Through extensive interviews and declassified documents, Coll reveals the personal ambitions, regional power struggles, and economic interests that drove both sides. The narrative illuminates how Saddam Hussein’s survival instincts and the U.S. government’s evolving objectives created a dangerous cycle of escalation, sanctions, and ultimately war. This definitive history challenges conventional narratives and provides crucial context for understanding Middle Eastern conflicts and American interventionism.
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