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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240416T133000
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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-achilles-trap-saddam-hussein-th
 e-c-i-a-and-the-origins-of-americas-invasion-of-iraq/
SUMMARY:The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein\, The C.I.A\, and the Origins of 
 America's Invasion of Iraq
DESCRIPTION:HYBRID.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Middle 
 East Policy Forum and the Leadership\, Ethics\, and Practice Initiative at
  theElliott School of International Affairs will host this conversation ab
 out Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll’s new book\, The Achilles 
 Trap: Saddam Hussein\, the C.I.A.\,and the Origins of Americas Invasion of
  Iraq. Coll has written the definitive story of thedecades-long relationsh
 ip between the United States and Saddam Hussein. It is adeeply researched 
 and news-breaking investigation into how human error\, culturalmiscommunic
 ation\, and hubris led to one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of o
 urtime. Coll will discuss his new book with Professor of International Aff
 airs Christopher Kojm\,who also directs the Leadership\, Ethics and Practi
 ce Initiative.\n\nFeaturing:\n\nSteve Coll:  is the author of the Pulitze
 r Prize–winning Ghost Wars and dean emeritus ofthe Columbia Journalism S
 chool\, and from 2007 to 2013 was president of New America\,a public polic
 y institute in Washington\, DC. He is an editor at The Economist in London
 \,was a staff writer at The New Yorker for nearly two decades\, and before
  that was awriter and editor at The Washington Post\, where he received a 
 Pulitzer Prize forexplanatory journalism in 1990.\n\nChristopher Kojm: re-
 joined the School as a Professor of Practice in International Affairsafter
  serving as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council from 2009 to 201
 4. Hisgovernment experience includes service as a deputy assistant secreta
 ry of state in theBureau of Intelligence and Research (1998-2003)\, and as
  deputy director of the 9/11Commission (2003-04). He was also president of
  the 9/11 Public Discourse Project\, theCommission’s follow-on public ed
 ucation organization (2004-05)\, and a Senior Advisorto the Iraq Study Gro
 up (2006).\n\nThe book talk is a hybrid event. You may register to attend 
 in-person at 1957 E St NW\,Room 505\, Washington\, DC\, or virtually via Z
 oom.\n\nThis event is possible thanks to a gift from the ExxonMobil Corpor
 ation.\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Discussion,Lecture
LOCATION:pin Elliott School of International Affairs\, George Washington Un
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