Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi and the Selling of the Iraq War

Richard Bonin

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Nov 13, 2012 - Political Science - 320 pages

The definitive account of what Iraqi exile Ahmad Chalabi did to manipulate the U.S. government into invading Iraq with his ultimate hope of being placed in power, by longtime 60 Minutes producer Richard Bonin.
 
Drawing on unparalleled access to Chalabi, Bonin traces the exile’s ingenious efforts to stoke a desire for Iraqi regime change in the U.S. He narrates Chalabi’s ill-fated engagement with the CIA and his later focus on neoconservative policy makers who rose to power under George W. Bush. As a result, from day two of the Bush presidency, the push for a new Iraq was on, with the intent to install Ahmad Chalabi as overseer of U.S. interests in the Middle East. The outcome was perhaps the biggest foreign policy disaster in our history and a triumphant end to Chalabi’s forty-five-year quest. Arrows of the Night is full of shocking revelations about how we got there, including the true story of Chalabi’s relationship with Iran.

About the author

RICHARD BONIN is a producer at 60 Minutes, working with Lesley Stahl. He has won five Emmys for his work, as well as an Overseas Press Club award for his reporting in Iraq. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi and the Selling of the Iraq War
• Author: Richard Bonin
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2012
• ISBN: 0767928768, 9780767928762
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political; History / Middle East / Iraq; Political Science / International Relations / General