Playbill

April, 2005

Since his groundbreaking coverage of the first Gulf war for CNN, Peter Arnett has kept close tabs on Iraqi affairs. Now, with Blood and Betrayal, he is rewriting history. Living in Iraq since before the invasion, Arnett has unraveled the secret plans of Uday Hussein, Saddam's eldest son--plans that force a reassessment of prewar Iraqi power structures and reveal the origins of the insurrection. Arnett even managed to acquire the contents of Uday's desk. "Uday's psychotic behavior certainly...