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The prisoner in his palace Saddam Hussein, his American guards, and what history leaves unsaid

Documents the story of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2006 who were assigned to guard Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution, a responsibility that raised life-changing questions about their beliefs and Hussein's character.

Main Author: Bardenwerper, William (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Hussein, Saddam, > 1937-2006 > Imprisonment.
Hussein, Saddam, > 1937-2006 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Prisoners and prisons.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Personal narratives, American.
Summary: Documents the story of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2006 who were assigned to guard Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution, a responsibility that raised life-changing questions about their beliefs and Hussein's character.
Physical Description: xix, 246 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index.
ISBN: 9781501117831
1501117831
Author Notes: Will Bardenwerper has contributed to The New York Times and The Washington Post . He served as an Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer in Iraq and was awarded a Combat Infantryman's Badge and Bronze Star. In 2010, he joined the Pentagon as a Presidential Management Fellow, where he spent the next four years. He has an MA in international public policy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in English from Princeton. The Prisoner in His Palace is his first book.

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