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The assassins' gate : America in Iraq / George Packer.
Author
Packer, George, 1960-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/Created
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Description
467 p. ; 24 cm.
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DS79.76 .P33 2005
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Subject(s)
Iraq War, 2003-2011
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Insurgency
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Iraq
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Civil war
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Iraq
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Americans
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Iraq
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Iraq
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Politics and government
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2003-
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United States
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Politics and government
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2001-2009
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Summary note
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.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-455) and index.
Contents
Prologue
An unfinished war
Fevered minds
Exiles
Special plans
Psychological demolition
The palace
The captain
Occupied Iraqis
Insurgencies
Civil war?
Memorial day
Simple citizenx
Epilogue.
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ISBN
9780374299637 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0374299633 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780374530556
0374530556
LCCN
2005011521
OCLC
59401871
International Article Number
9780374299637
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