Description
| Product ID: | 9780571230440 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Assassins' Gate |
| Subtitle: | America in Iraq |
| Authors: | Author: George Packer |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas, History, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Warfare & defence, Iraq |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for The New Yorker. The Assassins'' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author''s vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of individual American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds. Here is the full range of ideas and emotions stirred up by America''s most controversial foreign-policy venture since Vietnam. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-01-18 |
