Saddam’s Bombmaker: The Daring Escape of the Man Who Built Iraq’s Secret Weapon
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Saddam’s Bombmaker is the true saga of one man’s journey through the circles of hell. Educated at MIT and Florida State University, dedicated to a life of peaceful teaching in America, Iraqi scientist Dr. Khidhir Hamza relates how Saddam’s regime ordered him home, seduced him into a pampered life as an atomic energy official, and forced him to design a bomb. The price of refusal was torture. With the cynical help of US, French, German, and British suppliers and experts, he secretly developed Baghdad’s nuclear bomb and kept it hidden from UN inspectors after the Gulf War. The tale of his escape, his first bungled contact with CIA agents, and his flight abroad will keep listeners riveted toward a climax worthy of a well-crafted spy thriller.
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About the author
Khidir Hamza is an Iraqi scientist who worked for Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is the author of Saddam’s Bombmaker. Hamza was educated at MIT and Florida State University and now lives in Virginia.
Jeff Stein is the SpyTalk columnist and blogger at the Washington Post. He specializes in US intelligence, military, and foreign policy issues. Stein has written numerous books, news articles, opinion pieces, and book reviews and has appeared on a number of television and radio programs.
Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over fifty Earphones Awards and thirteen prestigious Audie Awards. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009.
