Imperial Life in the Emerald City

English

ISBN: 2370002845

EAN: 2370002845151

Category: Political Science / General/History / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)/History / Military / General/

Publisher: Vintage

Release Date: 09/19/2006

Synopsis: The Green Zone, Baghdad, 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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Awards: BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction – null  Galaxy British Book Awards – null  Helen Bernstein Book Award – null  Los Angeles Times Book Prizes – null  National Book Awards – null  New York Times Editors Choice – null  New York Times Notable Books of the Year – null 

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

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