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.
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George Packer has been a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, West Africa, a carpenter in Boston, and a writing instructor at Harvard, Bennington, and Emerson. He is the author of The Village of Waiting, a memoir about his Peace Corps years, and the novel The Half Man. He now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Etat : Bueno. : En 'The Assassins' Gate', George Packer narra cómo Estados Unidos se propuso cambiar la historia de Oriente Medio y quedó atrapado en una guerra de guerrillas en Irak. A través de sus vívidos reportajes desde Irak para The New Yorker, Packer muestra las luchas de soldados y civiles estadounidenses e iraquíes de diversos orígenes. Este libro ofrece una visión completa de las ideas y emociones generadas por la controvertida política exterior estadounidense desde Vietnam. EAN: 9780571230440 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq Autor: George Packer Editorial: Faber & Faber Idioma: en Páginas: 512 Formato: tapa blanda. N° de réf. du vendeur Happ-2025-05-29-0238fc56
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Assassins' Gate is the main entrance to the Green Zone, the fortified enclave of Saddam's former palaces that now houses the US military and political leadership in Baghdad. George Packer's remarkable book is an account of how America found itself in occupation of Iraq, using the country as a laboratory for the dissemination of democracy in the Middle East. The book is also an anatomy of chaos and failure, of how a utopian experiment went disastrously wrong.Packer's intimate narrative is based throughout on the experiences of people caught up in violence and confusion. He describes, for example, the effects of the war on the family of an American soldier killed in Iraq, and on a young Iraqi woman who had hoped for secular liberation and found only religious oppression. Packer is also frank about his own evolving views, and paints a dark picture of Iraq's future in the aftermath of the 2005 elections. This is a literary work of contemporary history that is adequate to its terrible subject, the most controversial foreign policy adventure since Vietnam. Astonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780571230440
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