Book · 2017 · History
The Prisoner in His Palace
Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid
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That's I want to read that book now. It's a very good book. uh the prisoner in his palace.
The best things said about it
Uh he was taken into coalition custody and eventually tried by the Iraqi government. During his incarceration, he was watched over by a team of 12 young American soldiers. Um now their story and a lot of other stories are chronicled in the excellent book The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardoner.
Why people recommend it
The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardenwerper is a non-fiction work that chronicles the final days of Saddam Hussein through the eyes of the twelve young American soldiers tasked with guarding him in coalition custody. Robert Evans and Jamie Loftus discussed the publication on Behind the Bastards in May 2018, with Loftus expressing an immediate desire to read it and Evans praising it as an exceptionally good book that captures stories rarely told. Evans later referenced the text again in August 2018 during an episode about the children of dictators. During that broadcast, Evans quoted directly from the book to recount an infamous disciplinary event involving Saddam and his eldest son. According to the excerpt, as a severe punishment for destroying valuable state property, Saddam torched Uday's incredibly prized and extensive personal collection of luxury automobiles, which included rare Rolls-Royces, Bentleys, BMWs, Porsches, and Ferraris that had been safely stored and placed under heavy guard inside a garage located within the heavily fortified Republican Palace in Baghdad.
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Robert Evans Uh he was taken into coalition custody and eventually tried by the Iraqi government. During his incarcerati… 2
“So, the story of how I'm quoting from Will Bonworper's uh the prisoner in his palace. Quote, "As punishment, he'd torched Uday's prized collection of Rolls-Royces, Bentley's, BMW's, Porsches, and Ferraris, which had been stored under guard in a garage in the Republican palace."”
“Uh he was taken into coalition custody and eventually tried by the Iraqi government. During his incarceration, he was watched over by a team of 12 young American soldiers. Um now their story and a lot of other stories are chronicled in the excellent book The Prisoner in His Palace by Will Bardoner.”
Jamie Loftus That's I want to read that book now. It's a very good book. uh the prisoner in his palace. 1
“That's I want to read that book now. It's a very good book. uh the prisoner in his palace.”
