Hunting Down Saddam. The Inside Story of the Search and Capture. Foreword by Mark Vargas.

by Robin Moore

Hunting Down Saddam contains up-to-the-minute-material and provides never-before-heard accounts of the triumphs and frustrations, strategies and attacks, of those who put their lives at risk to track down Saddam Hussein.This book tells the whole story of the pursuit of Saddam, from prewar to his capture; it gives candid accounts straight from the soldiers on the frontline, which have not been sanitized or filtered through the media, the military, or the Pentagon; and, has exclusive interviews with key military leaders, including Colonel "Smokin' Joe" Anderson, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne (Screaming Eagles), who led the attack on Saddam's sons.The capture of Saddam Hussein is the defining event for this generation's military. Action-packed and controversial, Hunting Down Saddam teems with inside information, Robin Moore gets the real story from these fighting men as only he can.

Genres: History, Military History, Military Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Robert Lowell "Robin" Moore, Jr. was an writer best known for his books The Green Berets: The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit,The French Connection: A True Account of Cops Narcotics and International Conspiracy and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.

Moore also co-wrote the lyrics with Barry Sadler for the Ballad of the Green Berets, which was one of the major hit songs of 1966.

At the time of his death, Moore was residing in Hopkinsville, Kentucky (home to Fort Campbell and the 5th Special Forces Group) where he was working on his memoirs as well as three other books.

During World War II he served as a nose gunner in the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying combat missions in the European Theater of Operations. Moore graduated from Harvard College in 1949.

Thanks to connections with fellow Harvard graduate, Robert F. Kennedy, Moore was allowed access to the U.S. Army Special Forces. It was General William P. Yarborough who insisted that Moore go through special forces training in order to better understand "what makes Special Forces soldiers 'special'." He trained for nearly a year, first at "jump school" before completing the [[Special Forces Qualification Course]] or "Q Course", becoming the first civilian to participate in such an intensive program. Afterward, Moore was assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group on deployment to South Vietnam. His experiences in South East Asia formed the basis for ''The Green Berets.

Biography Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Moore

Reviews

[Zahid · Rating 1 out of 5]

Propaganda that killed Saddam and Iragi peoples.

[Alex Ravenel · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got 10 pages into this book before I had to stop reading it. Those ten pages were filled with gross factual inaccuracies, broad generalities that anyone who had read a newspaper in the last 10 years would already know in more detail, simplistic exaggerations bordering on propaganda, and absolutely no structure whatsoever. Furthermore, upon digging a bit deeper into the book to see if it would get better, I discovered that the vast majority (all but about 30 pages) of the book deals with subject completely unrelated to (and far better covered by other books) what is ostensibly the core subject matter of the book--the capture of Saddam Hussein.

I rarely don't finish a book I started, but this was one of them--and the fastest I've ever done it. If you're interested in the subject matter, read Cobra II for a far better summary of the invasion of Iraq, and Mission: Black List #1 for a far better summary of the search for Saddam.

[Paul · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed. I thought it was going to be an exciting account on capturing Saddam. However, it turned out to be a very detailed-orientated book, which I think bogged the storyline. It's a good book if you're looking for a blow by blow account of all the details, but I felt the story could have been more free flowing.

[Intikhab · Rating 1 out of 5]

It seems to be a propaganda stuff to serve the second Bush Administration. It carries details even about insignificant military operations in Iraq. Abusive language against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein leaves bitter memories about reading the book.

[Barry Sierer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very misleading title. Most of these stories are about the actions of Green Beret's in Iraq. It does cover the operation that captured Saddam, but not the intelligence and operations that led to his capture.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, although not a good as Hunt for Bin Laden which was outstanding. Still an excellent read.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

An Ok book not as good as previous efforts but still readable.