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Description edit
Named one of the Best Books of 2005 by The New York Times , The Washington Post Book World , The Boston Globe , The Chicago Tribune , The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review , The Los Angeles Times Book Review , The New York Times Book Review , USA Today , Time , and New York ... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Saddam Hussein: Add a description of this character.
- Paul Wolfowitz
- Drew Erdmann
- Kanan Makiya
- Bush
- Kurt
- Kanan Maldya
- Rumsfeld
- Ahmad Chalabi
- Cheney
- Garner
- Paul Bremer
- Clinton
- Kagan
- Reagan
- Ali
- Sadr
- Douglas Feith
- Aseel
- Mustafa
- Luna
- Powell
- Rice
- Dr. Butti
- Vieira De Mello
- Swanson
- Berman
- Chris Frosheiser
- Saad
- Mohamed
- Shirku
- Sistani
- Perle
- Erin
- Sanchez
- Strauss
- Wallada
- Moqtada
- Horan
- O'sullivan
Setting & Locations edit
- Iraq
- Baghdad
- Kirkuk
- Washington
- America
- Basra
- Iran
- United States
- Middle East
- White House
- Vietnam
- London
- Najaf
- Kuwait
- Islam
- Falluja
- Europe
- Germany
- Israel
- Kurdistan
- Afghanistan
- New York
- Bosnia
- Cambridge
- Kosovo
- Ramadi
- Jordan
- Karbala
- Mosul
- Shia
- Amman
- Anbar
- Tehran
- Kadhimiya
- Zafaraniya
- Amshaw
- Suleimaniya
- Chicago
- Soviet Union
- Uday
- Malaya
- Saudi Arabia
- Adhamiya
- Balkans
- Lebanon
- Japan
- England
- Emad
- Jerusalem
- Oval Office
First Sentence edit
At the time of the Gulf War, in 1991, a man going by the name Samir al-Khalil started appearing on American television news programs.
Authors & Contributors edit
- George Packer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Farrar
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0374299633
Page Count: 480
Publisher: Farrar
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0374299633
Page Count: 480
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2006: General Non-fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 327
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › History › Middle East › Iraq
- Books › History › Military › Iraq War
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