Charles S. Sam Faddis is a retired CIA officer and former US Army combat arms officer. He spent decades undercover in the Middle East and South Asia. He retired from the CIA in 2008. He is now Senior Partner with Artemis, LLC, published author and the Senior Editor for AND Magazine.
Sam Faddis authors the book and it is direct experience and involvement which gives the reader an incredible and unique perspective that can only be imagined by us normal civilians...an incredibly enjoyable read and gives the reader a once-in-a-lifetime look into CIA operations and our role in subverting Saddam's rule. --Military History Online The CIA War in Kurdistan tells an enthralling and sometimes frustrating tale of a team sent into northern Iraq to work with the Kurds to bring down Sadam Hussein...It is a valuable history of the CIA's activities before the Iraq War, as well as a stark warning to Washington policy and strategy makers that they should understand their enemies and friends alike before they send their sons and daughters off to war. --James Stejskal, former US Army Special Forces and CIA officer, author of 'Special Forces Berlin: Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army's Elite, 1956-1990'