Ace in the Hole The Story of How US Troops Captured Saddam Hussein (2005)

Baghdad fell after just twentyone days of combat but the capture of Saddam Hussein took a further eight months and was played out amid a brutal guerrilla war in which the hunters frequently became the hunted The dictator had simply disappeared and finding him dead or alive was a top priority for US forces The search for Saddam quickly became a real life crime drama as investigators combined sophisticated software and oldfashioned police work to tighten the noose on Saddams inner circle Ace in the Hole is the firsthand story of the US Army investigators who tracked down every lead until their final raid uncovered the Iraqi dictator cowering in his spiderhole