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Imperial Life in the Emerald City Inside Iraq's Green Zone; tascabile-
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- Note del venditore
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
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- Inscribed
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- ISBN
- 9780307278838
- Book Title
- Imperial Life in the Emerald City : inside Iraq's Green Zone
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Corruption & Misconduct, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, Security (National & International)
- Item Weight
- 10.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * National Book Award Finalist * This "eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq" ( The New York Times Book Review ). The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies. In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307278832
ISBN-13
9780307278838
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59058257
Product Key Features
Book Title
Imperial Life in the Emerald City : inside Iraq's Green Zone
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Corruption & Misconduct, Military / General, Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), United States / 21st Century, American Government / General, Security (National & International)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History, Political Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Absolutely brilliant. It is eyewitness history of the first order. . . . It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq." -The New York Times Book Review "A visceral sometimes sickening picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq. . . . Often reads like something out ofCatch-22or fromM*A*S*H." -The New York Times "Revealing. . . . Chandrasekaran's portrait of blinkered idealism is evenhanded, chronicling the disillusionment of conservatives who were sent to a war zone without the resources to achieve lasting change." -The New Yorker "Incredible . . . fantastically written. . . . Chandrasekaran's sharp-eyed account of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone offers some of the blackest comedy at the bookstore." -Entertainment Weekly "Black comedy, set in the graveyard of the neo-conservative dream. Superb." -John le Carré, "Absolutely brilliant. It is eyewitness history of the first order. . . . It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq."- The New York Times Book Review "A visceral sometimes sickening picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq. . . . Often reads like something out of Catch-22 or from M*A*S*H ."- The New York Times "Revealing. . . . Chandrasekaran's portrait of blinkered idealism is evenhanded, chronicling the disillusionment of conservatives who were sent to a war zone without the resources to achieve lasting change."- The New Yorker "Incredible . . . fantastically written. . . . Chandrasekaran's sharp-eyed account of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone offers some of the blackest comedy at the bookstore."- Entertainment Weekly "Black comedy, set in the graveyard of the neo-conservative dream. Superb."- John le Carré From the Trade Paperback edition., "Absolutely brilliant. It is eyewitness history of the first order. . . . It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq."-- The New York Times Book Review "A visceral - sometimes sickening - picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq. . . . Often reads like something out of Catch-22 or from M*A*S*H ."-- The New York Times "Revealing. . . . Chandrasekaran's portrait of blinkered idealism is evenhanded, chronicling the disillusionment of conservatives who were sent to a war zone without the resources to achieve lasting change."-- The New Yorker "Incredible . . . fantastically written. . . . Chandrasekaran's sharp-eyed account of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone offers some of the blackest comedy at the bookstore."-- Entertainment Weekly "Black comedy, set in the graveyard of the neo-conservative dream. Superb."-- John le Carré, "Extraordinary . . . Indispensable . . . Full of jaw-dropping tales of the myriad large and small ways in which Bremer and his team poured fuel into the lethal cauldron that is today's Iraq . . . [Chandrasekaran ] has a keen eye for the small detail that illuminates larger truths . . . [he] documents the way that an avalanche of unjustifiable mistakes transforms a difficult mission into an impossible one . . . Chandrasekaran does not set out to score partisan points or unveil large geopolitical lessons; he is, essentially, a reporter telling readers what he saw. Yet it is impossible to read his book without thinking about the larger implications of the story he tells." -Moisés Naím,The Washington Post Book World "Mr. Chandrasekaran's book, while nonfiction, is as chilling an indictment of America's tragic cultural myopia as Graham Greene's prescient 1955 novel of the American debacle in Indochina, "The Quiet American." -Frank Rich,The New York TimesOp-Ed "Chandrasekaran's detail-rich reporting and firsthand, candid narrative is what sets his contribution apart [from other books about the Iraq war] and bolsters his withering assessment . . . Using nearly two years of reporting in the country for the Washington Post and an impeccable eye for the tragic and outrageous, Chandrasekaran unveils the occupation authority compound as a Middle East Oz, grossly out of touch with the harsh realities of the real Iraq . . . The book is an eye-opening tour of ineptitude, misdirection and perils of democracy-building" -Andrew Metz,Newsday "With acuity and a fine sense of the absurd, the author peels back the roof to reveal an ant heap of arrogance, ineptitude, and hayseed provincialism" -Amanda Heller,Boston Globe "A devastating indictment of the post-invasion failures of the Bush administration." - Jay Freeman,Booklist "InImperial Life in the Emerald City[Chandrasekaran] draws a vividly detailed portrait of the Green Zone and the Coalition Provisional Authority (which ran Iraq's government from April 2003 to June 2004) that becomes a metaphor for the administration's larger failings in Iraq . . . His book gives the reader a visceralsometimes sickeningpicture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq, showing how decisions made in that period contributed to a burgeoning insurgency and growing ethnic and religious strife . . . The picture Mr. Chandrasekaran draws in these pages often reads like something out ofCatch-22or fromMASH." - Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Extraordinary . . . Indispensable . . . Full of jaw-dropping tales of the myriad large and small ways in which Bremer and his team poured fuel into the lethal cauldron that is today's Iraq . . . [Chandrasekaran ] has a keen eye for the small detail that illuminates larger truths . . . [he] documents the way that an avalanche of unjustifiable mistakes transforms a difficult mission into an impossible one . . . Chandrasekaran does not set out to score partisan points or unveil large geopolitical lessons; he is, essentially, a reporter telling readers what he saw. Yet it is impossible to read his book without thinking about the larger implications of the story he tells." -Moisés Naím,The Washington Post Book World "This is a devastating account of the American occupation of Iraq. It shows how Americans arrived in Iraq full of big plans (and/or lucrative contracts) to help the country become more like the United States, but wound up living an isolated existence while the lives of Iraqis deteriorate, "Extraordinary . . . Indispensable . . . Full of jaw-dropping tales of the myriad large and small ways in which Bremer and his team poured fuel into the lethal cauldron that is today's Iraq . . . YChandrasekaran ? has a keen eye for the small detail that illuminates larger truths . . . Yhe? documents the way that an avalanche of unjustifiable mistakes transforms a difficult mission into an impossible one . . . Chandrasekaran does not set out to score partisan points or unveil large geopolitical lessons; he is, essentially, a reporter telling readers what he saw. Yet it is impossible to read his book without thinking about the larger implications of the story he tells." -Moises Naim, "The Washington Post Book World" "Mr. Chandrasekaran's book, while nonfiction, is as chilling an indictment of America's tragic cultural myopia as Graham Greene's prescient 1955 novel of the American debacle in Indochina, "The Quiet American." -Frank Rich, "The New York Times" Op-Ed "Chandrasekaran's detail-rich reporting and firsthand, candid narrative is what sets his contribution apart Yfrom other books about the Iraq war? and bolsters his withering assessment . . . Using nearly two years of reporting in the country for the Washington Post and an impeccable eye for the tragic and outrageous, Chandrasekaran unveils the occupation authority compound as a Middle East Oz, grossly out of touch with the harsh realities of the real Iraq . . . The book is an eye-opening tour of ineptitude, misdirection and perils of democracy-building" -Andrew Metz, "Newsday" "With acuity and a fine sense of the absurd, the author peels back the roof to reveal an ant heap of arrogance, ineptitude, andhayseed provincialism" -Amanda Heller, "Boston Globe" "A devastating indictment of the post-invasion failures of the Bush administration." - Jay Freeman, "Booklist" "In "Imperial Life in the Emerald City "YChandrasekaran? draws a vividly detailed portrait of the Green Zone and the Coalition Provisional Authority (which ran Iraq's government from April 2003 to June 2004) that becomes a metaphor for the administration's larger failings in Iraq . . . His book gives the reader a visceral-sometimes sickening-picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq, showing how decisions made in that period contributed to a burgeoning insurgency and growing ethnic and religious strife . . . The picture Mr. Chandrasekaran draws in these pages often reads like something out of "Catch-22 "or from" MASH."" - Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times" "Extraordinary . . . Indispensable . . . Full of jaw-dropping tales of the myriad large and small ways in which Bremer and his team poured fuel into the lethal cauldron that is today's Iraq . . . YChandrasekaran ? has a keen eye for the small detail that illuminates larger truths . . . Yhe? documents the way that an avalanche of unjustifiable mistakes transforms a difficult mission into an impossible one . . . Chandrasekaran does not set out to score partisan points or unveil large geopolitical lessons; he is, essentially, a reporter telling readers what he saw. Yet it is impossible to read his book without thinking about the larger implications of the story he tells." -Moises Naim, "The Washington Post Book World" "This is a devastating account of the American occupation of Iraq. It showshow Americans arrived in Iraq full of big plans (and/or lucrative contracts) to help the country become more like the United States, but wound up living an isolated existence while the lives of Iraqis deteriorated around them. No other book has described so well what Iraq looked like and felt like in the aftermath of the invasion." -James Mann, author of "Rise of the Vulcans" "Rajiv Chandrasekaran has not given us "another Iraq book." He has given us a riveting tale of American misadventure. . . . He shows us American idealism and voyeurism, as well as the deadly r, "Absolutely brilliant. It is eyewitness history of the first order. . . . It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq." -- The New York Times Book Review "A visceral - sometimes sickening - picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq. . . . Often reads like something out of Catch-22 or from M*A*S*H ." -- The New York Times "Revealing. . . . Chandrasekaran's portrait of blinkered idealism is evenhanded, chronicling the disillusionment of conservatives who were sent to a war zone without the resources to achieve lasting change." -- The New Yorker "Incredible . . . fantastically written. . . . Chandrasekaran's sharp-eyed account of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone offers some of the blackest comedy at the bookstore." -- Entertainment Weekly "Black comedy, set in the graveyard of the neo-conservative dream. Superb." -- John le Carré, "Absolutely brilliant. It is eyewitness history of the first order. . . . It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq."- The New York Times Book Review "A visceral sometimes sickening picture of how the administration and its handpicked crew bungled the first year in postwar Iraq. . . . Often reads like something out of Catch-22 or from M*A*S*H ."- The New York Times "Revealing. . . . Chandrasekaran's portrait of blinkered idealism is evenhanded, chronicling the disillusionment of conservatives who were sent to a war zone without the resources to achieve lasting change."- The New Yorker "Incredible . . . fantastically written. . . . Chandrasekaran's sharp-eyed account of life inside Baghdad's Green Zone offers some of the blackest comedy at the bookstore."- Entertainment Weekly "Black comedy, set in the graveyard of the neo-conservative dream. Superb."- John le Carré
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The book condition was described perfectly. I ordered this book for my daughter's summer reading work for this next school year and this book is perfect for what she will need it for. This book was priced very well and even though the shipping price was about as much as the price of the book it was still much cheaper than buying the book new. The seller was very quick to ship this item. I would be happy to buy from Johnson Book Boutique again! Thanks so much.
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This is another copy of the book from Christmas 1982 from my mother and father.
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Due to recent flooding in this area, shipping was delayed on this item, unfortunately. Hopefully, you receive it soon. I hope you enjoy it! It was one of my college textbooks that I held on to for a long time because of its beautiful illustrations and interesting content. Thanks for your order!
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