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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

George Packer

How did grand American plans to remake Iraq collide with the country as it really was?

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Author
George Packer

Why read it

  • You will see how distance between planners and the people they govern can sink a plan
  • You will learn how little translation and local knowledge an occupation may have, and why that matters
  • You will understand how the early hopes of an occupation can give way to blackouts, bombings and a sense of being abandoned

Who it is for

  • A policy maker who plans interventions abroad
  • A voter who wants a reporter's firsthand picture of the occupation
  • A manager rolling out a plan to people far away

Contents

  1. PROLOGUE
  2. 1. An Unfinished War
  3. 2. Fevered Minds
  4. 3. Exiles
  5. 4. Special Plans
  6. 5. Psychological Demolition
  7. 6. The Palace
  8. 7. The Captain
  9. 8. Occupied Iraqis
  10. 9. Insurgencies
  11. 10. Civil War?
  12. 11. Memorial Day
  13. 12. Simple Citizens
  14. EPILOGUE
  15. AFTERWORD
  16. READING GROUP GUIDE

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