Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
by Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400044871
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044870
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Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Uncut fore edge. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.
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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- The Dusty Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003655
- Title
- Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
- Author
- Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
- Format/Binding
- HardcoverGlued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. Audience: General/trade.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400044871
- ISBN 13
- 9781400044870
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- 2001-2009; 21st Century; History; Iraq War (2003-); Middle East; Military; Non-Fiction; Politics and government; United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Middle East; War; Non-fiction; Iraq;
- Size
- Octavo
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