404 pages ; 20 cm

Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed the horrors of Abu Ghraib, reveals the devastating truth about the intelligence failures, lies and obsessions, from 9/11 to the present, which led to the war on Iraq

Originally published: London: Allen Lane and USA: HarperCollins, 2004

pt. 1. Torture at Abu-Ghraib -- A Guanta?namo problem -- Photographs from a prison -- Crossing the line -- The gray zone -- pt. 2. Intelligence failure -- How America's spies missed September 11th -- Why the government didn't know what it knew -- The twentieth man -- pt. 3. The other war -- Afghanistan's secret battles -- The getaway -- A power base of warlords -- pt. 4. The Iraq hawks -- The early fight to take on Saddam -- Getting closer -- Richard Perle goes to lunch -- pt. 5. Who lied to whom? March2003, "These documents ... are in fact not authentic" -- Into the intelligence stovepipe -- Behind the "mushroom cloud" -- pt. 6. The secretary and the generals -- The battle for Baghdad -- Manhunts -- Targeting the insurgency -- pt. 7. A most dangerous friend -- Gambling on Musharraf -- The ultimate black market -- Washington's deal -- pt. 8. The Middle East after 9/11 -- Saudi Arabia: corruption and compromise -- Syria: a lost opportunity -- Iran: the next nuclear power? -- Israel, Turkey, and the Kurds

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