The Resource The assassins' gate : America in Iraq, George Packer
The assassins' gate : America in Iraq, George Packer
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The item The assassins' gate : America in Iraq, George Packer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- This book 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' Gate--the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's reporting on the ground in Iraq for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. The book also describes the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington, the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family, and the political culture of a country too polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 467 p.
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- An unfinished war
- Fevered minds
- Exiles
- Special plans
- Psychological demolition
- The palace
- The captain
- Occupied Iraqis
- Insurgencies
- Civil war?
- Memorial day
- Simple citizenx
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780374299637
- Label
- The assassins' gate : America in Iraq
- Title
- The assassins' gate
- Title remainder
- America in Iraq
- Statement of responsibility
- George Packer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book 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' Gate--the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's reporting on the ground in Iraq for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. The book also describes the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington, the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family, and the political culture of a country too polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Packer, George
- Dewey number
- 956.7044/3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS79.76
- LC item number
- .P33 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Insurgency
- Civil war
- Iraq War, 2003
- Americans
- Iraq
- United States
- Label
- The assassins' gate : America in Iraq, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-455) and index
- Contents
- Prologue -- An unfinished war -- Fevered minds -- Exiles -- Special plans -- Psychological demolition -- The palace -- The captain -- Occupied Iraqis -- Insurgencies -- Civil war? -- Memorial day -- Simple citizenx -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 467 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374299637
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005011521
- Other control number
- 9780374299637
- System control number
- ocm59401871
- Label
- The assassins' gate : America in Iraq, George Packer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-455) and index
- Contents
- Prologue -- An unfinished war -- Fevered minds -- Exiles -- Special plans -- Psychological demolition -- The palace -- The captain -- Occupied Iraqis -- Insurgencies -- Civil war? -- Memorial day -- Simple citizenx -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 467 p.
- Isbn
- 9780374299637
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2005011521
- Other control number
- 9780374299637
- System control number
- ocm59401871
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