Imperial life in the Emerald City : inside Baghdad's green zone
Chandrasekaran, Rajiv2008
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Drawing on interviews and internal documents, this text tells the story of the ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, detailing not only the risky disbanding of the Iraqi army and the attempt to train the new police force, but also bringing to light a host of lesser-known travesties.
Main title:
Imperial life in the Emerald City : inside Baghdad's green zone / Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Collation:
[xi], 356 p. : maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006; London: Bloomsbury, 2007.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780747592891 (pbk)0747592896 (pbk)
Dewey class:
956.7'044331956.7044331956.7044956.7
Local class:
956.704
Language:
English
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BRN:
710831
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