{"product_id":"imperial-life-in-the-emerald-city-inside-iraqs-green-zone-2","title":"Imperial Life in The Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • National Book Award Finalist • This \"eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq” (The New York Times Book Review).\n\nThe Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies.\nIn this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0307278832\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0307278832.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Chandrasekaran, Rajiv\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46581165457585,"sku":"RDV.0307278832.G","price":6.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0307278832-0_aef2694b-1a82-4cfd-b781-20378de08a23.jpg?v=1768153695","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/imperial-life-in-the-emerald-city-inside-iraqs-green-zone-2","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}