The Prisoner In His Palace
Author: WILL BARDENWERPER
ISBN: 978-1471153839
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Book Overview
The Prisoner in His Palace is an evocative and thought-provoking account of how the lives of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq are upended when theyre asked to guard the most ¹…œhigh-value detainee of all, the notorious dictator Saddam Hussein.What the self-dubbed ¹…œSuper Twelve experience in the autumn of 2006 is cognitive dissonance at its most extreme. Expecting to engage with the enemy ¹…œoutside the wire, theyre suddenly tasked with guarding and protecting a notorious dictator until he can be hanged.Watching over Saddam in a former palace the soldiers dub ¹…œThe Rock and regularly transporting their prisoner to his raucous trial, they gradually begin to question some of their firmest beliefs. Rather than the snarling beast they expect, Saddam proves confoundingly complex voluble, charming and given to surprising displays of affection. Perhaps most shockingly, in his Spartan stoicism and the courage he shows in facing death he eventually becomes a role model.Employing a timeline that switches between present and past, The Prisoner in His Palace contrasts the man entrusted to the Super Twelves care a grandfatherly figure who proves ¹…œgood company with a younger version of Saddam who is unspeakably ruthless, views murder and torture as legitimate tools and constantly keeps those around him in a blind panic.The magic of this book is that Bardenwerper keeps us on edge even though we know how it will end. We immediately sense that the Super Twelve will be forever changed by their experience and we wonder if we ourselves will. In this artfully constructed narrative, Saddam, the ¹…œman without a conscience, manages to get everyone around him to examine theirs.
Browse this title within our Social Sciences and Education collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 272 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1471153839.
About the Author
Will Bardenwerper has contributed to The New York Times and The Washington Post. He served as an Airborne Ranger-qualified infantry officer in Iraq and was awarded a Combat Infantryman’s Badge and Bronze Star. In 2010, he joined the Pentagon as a Presidential Management Fellow, where he spent the next four years. He has an MA in international public policy from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in English from Princeton.
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- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
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- 978-1471153839
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- Simon & Schuster
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What is this book about?
The Prisoner in His Palace is an evocative and thought-provoking account of how the lives of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq are upended when theyre asked to guard the most ¹…œhigh-value detainee of all, the notorious dictator Saddam Hussein.What the self-dubbed ¹…œSuper Twelve...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book for the way it quietly overturns everything you expect from a war story. Through the eyes of young American soldiers guarding Saddam Hussein, you witness moral confusion, unexpected humanity, and the psychological strain of duty versus belief. It’s gripping without being sensational, deeply reflective, and lingers long after the last page, making you rethink power, enemy images, and what war really does to those inside it.
- Published by Simon & Schuster.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 272.
Catalog Description
The Prisoner in His Palace is an evocative and thought-provoking account of how the lives of twelve young American soldiers deployed to Iraq are upended when theyre asked to guard the most ¹…œhigh-value detainee of all, the notorious dictator Saddam Hussein.What the self-dubbed ¹…œSuper Twelve experience in the autumn of 2006 is cognitive dissonance at its most extreme. Expecting to engage with the enemy ¹…œoutside the wire, theyre suddenly tasked with guarding and protecting a notorious dictator until he can be hanged.Watching over Saddam in a former palace the soldiers dub ¹…œThe Rock and regularly transporting their prisoner to his raucous trial, they gradually begin to question some of...
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