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"A damning indictment of the perversion of a major intelligence service by little minds inside and above it." –The Times of London“That a CIA officer should hold power to account in a memoir is unusual, and patriotic. John Nixon has done so with insight and style. Debriefing The President is a page turner of historical consequence — excellent news for the republic in treacherous times.” – Nick McDonell, author of Twelve and The End of Major Combat Operations "Nixon captures the psychological give-and-take of these exchanges [with Saddam Hussein] with gripping readability...and he describes the resultant verbal sparring with a sharp ear for nuance." – Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor"Mr. Nixon, the first C.I.A. officer to interrogate Hussein after his capture in December 2003, reveals gobsmacking facts about that deposed Iraqi leader that raise new questions about why the United States bothered to invade Iraq to oust him from power. These details will likely appall Americans who have watched their nation’s blood and treasure wasted in Iraq ever since…. More broadly, Mr. Nixon offers a stinging indictment of the C.I.A. and what he sees as the agency’s dysfunctional process for providing intelligence to the president and other policy makers…. Mr. Nixon’s book comes at an extraordinary moment, when President-elect Donald J. Trump is already at war with the C.I.A….“Debriefing the President” will add fuel to the fire of the Trump-led criticism. It will also send a chilling warning to anyone counting on the C.I.A. to stand up to Mr. Trump once he is in office.” – James Risen, The New York Times “Gripping…Nixon’s book, Debriefing the President, gives more ammunition to the skeptics; indeed, some of its contents can only be described as sensational.” – John Cassidy, The New Yorker"A fascinating glimpse of the "tough, shrewd, manipulative" leader and his views on the U.S. invasion, Iraqi history, and his own role in the Middle East...An intelligent and readable postscript to the Iraq War that will be valuable for future historians." --Kirkus (starred review)
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
John Nixon was a senior leadership analyst with the CIA from 1998 to 2011. He did several tours in Iraq and was recognized by a number of federal agencies for his contribution to the war effort. During his time with the CIA, Nixon regularly wrote for, and briefed, the most senior levels of the US government. He also taught leadership analysis to the new generation of analysts coming into the CIA at the Sherman Kent School, the Agency’s in-house analytic training center. Since leaving the Agency in 2011, Nixon has worked as an international risk consultant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia. This is his first book.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Produktinformation
Gebundene Ausgabe: 256 Seiten
Verlag: Blue Rider Press (27. Dezember 2016)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0399575812
ISBN-13: 978-0399575815
Größe und/oder Gewicht:
16 x 2,2 x 23,6 cm
Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:
4.7 von 5 Sternen
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Nr. 120.463 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)
As a European I can't stop smirking while reading the book, to see how the US government values the CIA. The headline to this review is provocative. Of course the CIA does not waste its funds on their own. Such a big intelligence organization with so many brilliant minds creates also brilliant intelligence. Not saying any European intelligence agency is doing a better job, by the way.The book shows, despite the great insight and intelligence the CIA had into Iraq and Saddam, how the CIA was simply not heard because of negligence and ignorance of an administration and its wishful thinking their own policy believes could outweigh the intelligence the CIA produced.The book is written in an exciting way, hard to put away in the evening. It gives great insights to a region, which is often misunderstood.I deduct one star from a five star rating because of two reasons. Some annotations to some players in the Mid East could have been given. While reading in an airplane I missed to opportunity to check wikipedia for some of the people mentioned. The same goes for some American players, which might be unknown to non US readers. And somehow I was wishing for more personal insight into a person like Saddam. But I guess the author was also bound to be a professional analyst, and not losing time about getting to know about what Saddams most favourite dish or hobby was ;-).Anyway, everyone who is interested in the Mid East or how the CIA is working, should read the book.
gibt einen schönen Überblick und ich hab es sprachlich gut verstanden.
Great to read such details! Well written ,and recommended for persons having an exposure to the middle east or ira
Das Buch gibt nicht nur einen Einblick in die Persönlichkeit Saddam Husseins, sondern auch in den Aufbau und die Vorgehensweise der CIA, die bezüglich der Kultur und inneren Struktur des Regierungsapparates des Irak erschreckend ahnungslos wirkt. Zeitweise erscheint es, als sei ihr mehr daran gelegen, die Erwartungen Präsident Bushs und seines Kabinetts zu erfüllen, als eine neutrale Analyse zu erstellen. Als sehr positiv empfinde ich, dass John Nixon in der Lage ist, Hussein aufmerksam zuzuhören und seine eigenen vorgefassten Meinungen wo nötig zu revidieren und so neutral zu berichten, wie es ihm möglich ist.
John Nixon has written a very good book. All we saw about Saddam on television was that he was a lunatic, a terrorist helper, a keeper of WMD, an enemy of the world. Bush, Rumsfield, Chaney, Blair all screamed this message. Of course each story always has two sides. Painted as a leper by the west, Saddam was puzzled by Americas treatment of him according to Nixon. He saw himself engaged in a war against terror himself. I don't believe he was delusional on this point reading Nixons words. He truly believed his purpose was in defending his country from terror inside or out, and stopping the Persian menace on his eastern flank. I remember the conflicting message sent to Saddam by George HW Bushs rep during the Kuwait incident where America spoke of no interest in local disputes. Then bam, Bush shows up and drives Saddam back to Iraq. The neocons drove George W Bushs agenda I believe. Everything is always painted with a Jewish brush. Saddam never threatened america, we're too far away; but he did represent a threat to Isreal, real or imagined. America became Isreals policeman, doing what they could not do themselves because of Arab backlash. The leaders of Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria. Chaos has followed their removal. Only a weakened Assad holds out. To make matters worse for this writting, CIA's office of review pulled out the redact pen. One whole page of Saddams thoughts are gone. Nixon says nothing missing would have compromised sources or methods. A lot of times you can read between the lines and fill in the blanks, but not an entire page!!! Shame on you Virginia farmboys.Nixon talks about the Agency going off course. Have seen this same charge in James Risens State of War. Political pandering not intellegence production. Then again CIA and others like them are insulated because of the illiterate ignorant mob called citizens. They don't read books (Harvard study), can't read chapter books, attention span too short (Stanford study), consumed by political correctness to the point of anarchy, (Yale). Reading is hard, comprehension is harder. Takes work and practice. Television and 140 character tweets is not a good foundation. What are we to do? People like Risen and Nixon are yelling about danger and no one hears them. Thomas Jefferson worried about an uneducated population. Even our elected leaders call us a democracy. Excuse me; but we are a representative constitutional republic. We are not mob ruled. Watching the current level of social media activism, the issues they embrace and the cut and past rehtoric employed says a lot. Confused to the point of serious stupidity. Driven to the placard carrying street by out of touch college professors. The sixties was bad for order, the twenties look to be a lot worse. All thinkgs begin at the college level. Higher education tenured trouble makers. Socialist and communist all or so it seems. Educate please not activate. Thank you. Americas future will thank you.mNixon showed several potential areas of neglect at CIA. Namely human Intel, needing someone on the street who understands the language, culture and history. The Bush W boys did not understand any of this in relation to Iraq and didn't really care I believe. I've read all their books, Bush, Rumsfield, Chaney, Blair, this understanding is missing. It's replaced with an underlying undefined hatred of Saddam. A point made by Nixon, after meeting the president, was the fact Bush seemed ignorant of the Sunni Shia divide. This in itself is troubling. How can you fight a people and not know the basics? Their Muslims aren't they? No, there is a difference in how they see the future and its important when considering this culture. Bush was touted by many as a student of history and a voracious reader. The president also demonstrated a classic first born arrogance coupled with a temper in his meetings with Nixon. Looked on others as truely subordinate. That comment the president made about Nixons salary was really freshmanisk. Not the picture portrayed from Crawford, ah shucks cowboy cutting weeds and trees on his ranch, driving a pickup truck. He seems complicated beyond his book, decision points. More like things known and unknown, punning Rumsfield sorry. Even George HW Bush went so far as to pronounce his name Sad dam, with an am not the om. I'm told it was an insult. This hatred led to a misrepresentation of the facts. Even Colin Powell showed up with his vial of powder at the UN.Anyway, for those who care, Nixons book is a good read. It balances the issue and he has done a good service. Another look inside an administration at war with terror.
John Nixon's Debriefing the president offers a must read tell all about Saddam Hussein and the war in Iraq from the perspective of a CIA analyst. This book is written as an autobiography in the first person, discussing the author's career up to and beyond the war in Iraq. Into this frame, the author inserts his discussion of Saddam Hussein and what he was really like. As a leadership analyst at the CIA, Saddam and his personality were long studied by the author. His debriefing of Saddam offered him as a historian the rare opportunity to encounter his subject of study in the flesh. The book is broken into three parts.The first part of the book discusses the author's early life and his early career as an analyst. I found this a fascinating account of all that goes into making a professional spy. The author describes the run up to the Iraq War and how the CIA provided faulty intelligence for the Bush administration who did not want to hear truth, but evidence that confirmed their own preconceived notions about Iraq. However, the narrative was somewhat tedious at times, becoming overly bogged down with data on the author's personal life. While this goes a long way to humanize the author, I bought this book to read about Saddam, not the author's wedding.The second part of the book is the real meat of the book, as you get a front row view of the interrogation of Saddam Hussein. Saddam comes across as a very traditional man devoted to Arab nationalism and secularism. With the modern decline into sectarian violence between Shiites and Sunnis, it is often very easy to forget that this was not always the case. Sa/ddam was proud that his predominately Sunni Ba'athist party contained Shiites, Kurds, and Christians, at least when it began. Respect and loyalty appear to have been gold under his administration, as they earned you fabulous western consumer good. However, disloyalty and disrespect were harshly punished with death. Saddam like many dictators was intensely suspicious of his inferiors, always on the look out for coups. In many ways, Saddam reminded me of Julius Caesar. Like the Roman dictator, the Iraqi dictator also seized control of a republic, replacing it with semi-monarchic rule. Both heavily emphasized their name not unlike Donald J. Trump today. Throughout the interview, Saddam appears to have talked about himself in the third person. Saddam will not tolerate this. Would Saddam do that? Both were also eager to give themselves all the glory for military accomplishments, minimizing the successes of their subordinates. At one point, Saddam even talked about how his dignity would not allow him to perform some action. Caesar famously said his dignity would not allow him to back down from the Roman civil war that ended in his dictatorship.However, we should be careful about labeling Saddam a dictator and laying on all the negative connotations this word implies. As the author notes, Saddam did not admire Hitler and Mussolini, as many have suggested in an attempt to blacken his name by associating himself with the worst of the worst of human history. He admired George Washington, Mao Zedong, Lenin, and others for founding a political system. His chief model was Saladin who destroyed the crusader kingdom of Jerusalem. Intriguingly, the author also undercuts the traditional narrative that Saddam Hussein was abused as a child by his stepfather. Modern psychology has a way of looking for childhood abuse to explain violence as an adult. For example, this is often used as a vector to understand dictators such as Hitler and serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy. But as the author shows, Saddam had a positive, loving relationship with his stepfather, to whom he believed he owed his later success because he encouraged the young Saddam to go to Bagdad to pursue his career. The book is full of revelations such as these.The third and final part of the book returns to the US and CIA, detailing the author's subsequent career at the CIA. The author had the rare privilege to meet and clash with President Bush on a few occasions. Nixon is heavily critical of G. W. B., whom he sees as incapable of understanding Iraq and unwilling to change his long held views of Saddam and the region. Bush and his administration seem unwilling to drop any pretense that this was a freedom mission and something of a personal vendetta. Apparently, Bush was looking for connections between Saddam and 9/11 immediately after the terrorist attacks. The CIA was only to willing to oblige the president with fictions rather than the cold truth. Saddam himself thought 9/11 should have brought the US and his regime closer together in the fight against sectarian violence. Saddam was right that this is what should have happened, but he could not understand that the president and his advisers genuinely believed that toppling Iraq would result in vibrant, American democracies throughout the Middle East. As time has proved, this vision is grossly out of touch with the realities of the Arab world.Saddam is intriguing in this regard because he had a real grasp of the Iraqi mind that Westerners lack. For example, even the author struggles with Saddam's belief that he was the leader of the Arab world, fending off the threat of Iran. Nothing could be further from the truth, but this belief is instructive. There are some in this part of the world who still for a leader of all the Arabs like the caliph once occupied. We are now witnessing the fulfillment of that mentality with ISIS and the restoration of the caliphate.The book ends with an intriguing comparison of Saddam and Bush Junior, highlighting their similarities as militarily inexperienced ideologues at the reins of government. I found the book's conclusion compelling, as the author condemns the modern western tendency to demonize dictators and view them as all powerful despots. Essentially by viewing them through the lenses of evil Hitleresque dictator, we miss important insights into them as people. As the author suggests, by the end of his regime Saddam was a non-threat who had given up on WMD and simply wanted to finish writing his book. The author also cautions against the confirmation bias of American politicians such as G.W.B. who was unwilling to listen to news that did not confirm his view of the world. This is sadly a trait inherent to politicians in our two party political system. I suspect that many a president whether democrat or republican will continue to suffer from this flaw.On the whole, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to friends interested in this subject. But I would caution readers. This is not history. Sections of the book are regrettably blacked out. The author also does not cite official documents or other testimonies in his assessment of Saddam, which could undercut his image of the Iraqi dictator. The author suggests that perhaps one day he will write a critical biography of Saddam based on testimony about his regime and official documents. I sincerely hope he does.
In "Debriefing the President," former CIA Analyst John Nixon recalls his time debriefing Saddam Hussein, the former leader of Iraq. While the book discusses the various interrogation sessions and the information gleaned from those discussions, there are much larger underlying themes that run throughout the narrative.First, Nixon discusses America’s choice and justification for entering Iraq based on intelligence that Nixon finds opaque and exceedingly difficult to accurately verify.Second, Nixon discusses Saddam Hussein’s contentious tactics and techniques for maintaining relative stability in Iraq and hints that if Saddam were left to continue his reign of power in Iraq, it may have resulted in a much different situation than the one that is currently being faced by citizens throughout the Middle East.Lastly, Nixon discusses the role of the intelligence community in advising the President and the various shortfalls that come with defending your analysis rather than toeing the party line.Overall, the book was well written and a good read. It should be noted, however, that “Debriefing the President†is less about the interrogation of Saddam Hussein and more about the political nature of the United States. I would highly suggest this work for anyone interested in Middle Eastern affairs or matters that effect the American decision making process.
Incredible information. A must read. But the last four chapters are very very informative. He explains not only George Bush, but also Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration. None of them had the capacity, or took the time to understand Iraq properly. It is hard to imagine that he does not understand the reality of the CIA past, present and future extremely objectively.
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