Summary
Finalist for the National Book Award, this is the startling portrait of an Oz-like place where a vital aspect of our government's folly in Iraq played out. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau chief, Raviv Chandrasekaran, takes us with him into the Zone, into a bubble, cut off from wartime re... Full description
Summary: |
Finalist for the National Book Award, this is the startling portrait of an Oz-like place where a vital aspect of our government's folly in Iraq played out. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau chief, Raviv Chandrasekaran, takes us with him into the Zone, into a bubble, cut off from wartime realities, where the task of reconstructing a devastated nation competed with the distractions of a Little America. A half-dozen bars stocked with cold beer, a disco where women showed up in hot pants, and a parking lot filled with shiny new SUV's, much of it run by Halliburton. Most Iraqis were barred from entering the Emerald City for fear they would blow it up. |
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Item Description: |
Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:18:37. |
Playing Time: |
10:18:37 |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 148202 KB; MP3 file size: 290447 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: |
0786157666 9780786157662 |
Author Notes: |
(Bowker Author Biography) |