About the Book

On July 10, 2002, more than eight months before the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein's regime, eight American CIA operatives slipped into northern Iraq. They endured almost a year of being denied vital supplies by a NATO ally, Turkey, as they pursued a covert operation with profound consequences for both the War on Terror and the Iraq War: Operation Hotel California. "Operation Hotel California" tells the inside story of the dangerous mission that paved the way for the Iraq invasion--and delivers the most blistering indictment to date by any American counterterrorism officer of the Bush administration's blunders vis-a-vis Iraq and al Qaeda. Drawing on exclusive interviews with Charles Faddis, the operation's leader, and other team members, "Operation Hotel California" is a riveting work that will shake Washington to the core.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 216 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Lyons Press (Nov. 30th, 2008)

ISBN-10: 1599213664

ISBN-13: 9781599213668

Dimensions: 6.30 x 9.26 x 0.91 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.08 lbs

• Categories: Iraq War History Intelligence Security