The Assassins' Gate : America in Iraq
by Packer, George 1960-
Edition statement:1st Published by : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (New York) Physical details: 467 Pages 23x15 cm | HB ISBN:9780374299637. Year: 2005| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Stacks | 956.70443 P113A 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available | 16344 |
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This book recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassins' Gate--the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's reporting on the ground in Iraq for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. The book also describes the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington, the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family, and the political culture of a country too polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking.--From publisher description.
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