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Imperial Life in the Emerald City - Inside Baghdad's Green Zone (Paperback)
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City - Inside Baghdad's Green Zone (Paperback)
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Loot Price R326
Discovery Miles 3 260
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From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green
Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule
Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Drawing on
interviews and internal documents, Rajiv Chandrasekaran tells the
memorable story of this 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 ludicrous attempt to
train the new police force, but absurdities such as the aide who
based Baghdad's new traffic laws on those of the state of Maryland,
downloaded from the net, and the twenty-four-year-old who had never
worked in finance put in charge of revitalising Baghdad's stock
exchange. Imperial Life in the Emerald City is American reportage
at its best. Promotional Information: Imperial Life in the Emerald
City won the BBC 4 Samuel Johnson Prize for non #45;fiction, 2007
Prize Information: Winner of BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for
Non-fiction 2007., Shortlisted for Guardian First Book Award 2007.
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