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The Assassins' Gate

- America in Iraq

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Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine. Winner of the Overseas Press ClubΓÇÖs Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International Affairs Winner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism The Assassins'' Gate: America in Iraq 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'' GateΓÇöthe main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The Assassins'' Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier''s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer''s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America''s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780374530556
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 512
  • Udgivet:
  • 19. september 2006
  • Størrelse:
  • 209x137x39 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 450 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 23. november 2024
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Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.
Winner of the Overseas Press ClubΓÇÖs Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International Affairs
Winner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism
The Assassins'' Gate: America in Iraq 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'' GateΓÇöthe main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad.

The Assassins'' Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier''s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer''s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America''s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.

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