Chandrasekaran, Rajiv

Imperial Life in the Emerald City Inside Iraq's Green Zone

Hardcover, New York: Knopf, 2007. Fifth Printing. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. National Book Award Finalist. "From a walled-off enclave of towering plants, smart villas and sparkling swimming pools - a surrreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone - the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority, under imperial viceroy L. Paul Bremer III, attempted to rule Iraq in the first twelve months following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. [...] Rajiv Chandrasekaran tells the memorable story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a wartorn Middle Eastern country..." Ships same or next business day. Book has a slightly skewed spine, light smudges on front and back boards, bumps on top and bottom of spine, small dent in spine. Pages are clean. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, slight bend near head edge, small dent on back cover, crease on spine. ; 1.5 x 9.4 x 5.8 Inches; 320 pages. [Item #40805]

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