Brighter than the Baghdad Sun

By Shyam Bhatia, Daniel McGrory, Dan McGrory

In Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun , award winning journalists and Middle East experts Shyam Bhatia and Daniel McGrory expose for the first time the truth about Saddam Hussein's secret race to make a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895262517
• ISBN13: 9780895262516
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

More relevant than ever!

This book was published in 1999 in Britain by two distinguished British journalists, based on the testimony of Iraqi informants, many of whom were in Saddam's inner circle. Particularly painful are the copiously documented failures of the Clinton Administration to deal with the very real nuclear threat Saddam's weapons program posed to the United States and its allies.Now that political opponents of President Bush hope to persuade the American people that there was never any threat from Saddam Hussein's weapons programs (e.g., contrary to the lying one-star review below, the IAEA never declared Iraq "nuclear-free," but instead stated in its 1998 interim report that it was "prudent to assume" that Iraq had retained prohibited weapons, including material for making nuclear weapons), this book is more topical than ever.

Connecting the dots.

I recommend this book as an adjunct to Robert Baer's See No Evil. This book was written in 1999, well before Baer's book. A careful reader will realize that Baer is mentioned but not by name. There is no great political insight contained in this work but for anyone who has been following the UNSCOM fiasco and the general mishandling of Saddam Hussein and his nuclear program, this will connect the dots. Hussein is a thug with absolutely no compunction about killing anyone anytime to pursue his madman's dreams. This book been criticized as being too anecdotal but I believe that is because of the nature of the information. There is no doubt that sources are being protected. If this book doesn't scare you just a little you are either one tough customer or brain dead.

An eye-opening treatise on Saddam Hussein's police state

Brighter Than The Baghdad Sun is an eye-opening treatise on Saddam Hussein's police state and reveals just how extensive Iraq's nuclear weapons program really is. Authors Shyam Bhatia and Daniel McGrory also collaborate to show how the Clinton administration's misperception of contemporary Iraq has enabled Saddam to consistently outsmart United Nations and NATO forces, including Saddam's effectively barring UN weapons inspectors since the end of 1998 and the dictator's fast-track efforts to have the first "Arab bomb". Brighter Than The Baghdad Sun is a "must read" for all students of international studies focusing on present day Iraq and the role of the Clinton administration in perpetuating the continuing regional threat and potential global disaster that is Saddam Hussein.

A frightening expose

The subtitle, Saddam Hussein's nuclear threat to the U.S., is certainly intriguing and chapters which support this premise are even more enlightening as they explore Hussein's secret race to make a nuclear bomb and tells how the Clinton-Gore administration has allowed it to happen. Hussein's quest to build the 'first Arab bomb' is documented in a title which offers detailed accounts from former members of his inner circle - a frightening expose.

Very Scary

"Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun", is a very scary, well written expose of our failed attempt to "contain" Saddam Hussein. Written with information gathered from Iraqi defectors, this book clearly delineates how close Saddam Hussein came to building a nuclear weapon. But for a lucky delayed bomb from a stealth fighter, Iraq would probably now have built and likely used a nuclear bomb. Particulary troublesome is the US' lack of intelligence gathering capabilities and the misuse of any intelligence that was gathered concerning Iraq's nuclear capabilities. Intelligence blundering, mismanagement and interference are well displayed. Most troubling of all is the lack of will of the US to put teeth into UNSCOM's mission to disarm Iraq. The authors also clearly define the cruelty, barbarism, and sadism rife within the Iraqi regime. Torture, murder, and rape were a daily activity and videotaped for replay. It's astounding what depravity man can inflict on man. Surely, if Saddam Hussein reads this book, knowing he is still close to making a nuclear device, and knowing the world now knows, a big grin will spread across his face.