000			02405cam a22004214a 4500
001			59401871
005			20210617135802.0
008			050420s2005 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2005011521
020			_a0374299633 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780374530556
024	3		_a9780374299637
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm59401871
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dBAKER _dPRC _dBUR _dOCLCQ _dVP@ _dTNY
042			_apcc
043			_aa-iq--- _an-us---
049			_astac
100	1		_aPacker, George, _d1960-
245	1	4	_aThe assassins' gate : _bAmerica in Iraq / _cGeorge Packer.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _cc2006.
300			_a467 p. ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext
337			_aunmediated
338			_avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [453]-455) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue -- An unfinished war -- Fevered minds -- Exiles -- Special plans -- Psychological demolition -- The palace -- The captain -- Occupied Iraqis -- Insurgencies -- Civil war? -- Memorial day -- Simple citizenx -- Epilogue.
520			_aThis book recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassins' Gate--the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's reporting on the ground in Iraq for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. The book also describes the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington, the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family, and the political culture of a country too polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-
650		0	_aInsurgency _zIraq.
650		0	_aCivil war _zIraq.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003- _xOccupied territories.
650		0	_aAmericans _zIraq.
651		0	_aIraq _xPolitics and government _y2003-
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y2001-
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011521.html
942			_2lcc _cBK
999			_c49788 _d49788