Containing detailed accounts from former members of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle and his nuclear weapons team, Brighter Than the Baghdad Sun reveals:
• How Saddam had nearly completed a nuclear bomb by the beginning of the Gulf War—and would have detonated it near Kuwait City if a U.S. bomber hadn’t accidentally destroyed his nuclear lab
• The truth about the Clinton White House’s failed plots to have Saddam Hussein assassinated
• How President Clinton’s stubborn refusal to listen to King Hussein of Jordan resulted in fatal consequences
• How Saddam has invested more than $18 billion and employed more than 20,000 technicians to complete his nuclear bomb
• The inside story of how greed, sexual excesses, and blood feuds have threatened Saddam Hussein’s nuclear ambition
• How the Clinton-Gore administration has espoused an Iraqi policy riddled with contradictions, opted for “quick fix” solutions doomed to failure, and refused to support United Nations weapons inspectors.

Bhatia and McGrory take you inside Saddam’s bunkers to war-room sessions and secret meetings with his nuclear scientists, and to the Oval Office, where you join President Clinton’s national security meetings.

This thrilling read lays bare Saddam’s deadly ambitions and shows, chillingly, just how close he is to attaining them.

Shyam Bhatia has been Middle East correspondent and diplomatic editor for London’s Observer newspaper. He is the author of Nuclear Rivals in the Middle East and India’s Nuclear Bomb.