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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aGeorge Packer _9157502
245			_aAssassins Gate: America in Iraq
260			_aLondon _bFaber and Faber _c2006
300			_a467 p. _bPB _c23.5x15.5 cm.
520			_aAstonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far. "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. It tells the story of the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassin's Gate - the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. 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, including returning exiles, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. "The Assassins' Gate" also describes the effect of the Iraq war on American life, including the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family and the shortcomings of a political culture too impoverished in its knowledge of the world and too bitterly polarized to debate complex moral and strategic questions.
650			_a Iraq War, 2003 _926421
650			_a Insurgency -- Iraq _926422
650			_aCivil war-Iraq _926423
650			_a Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003 _926424
650			_aAmericans -Iraq _926425
650			_aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 2001 _926426
700			_aPACKER (George) _926427
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