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Title: IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY
INSIDE BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE
By: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0747592896
ISBN 13: 9780747592891
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Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 3 March, 2008
Pages: 368
Description: From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. This work tells the story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country.
Synopsis: From inside a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone, the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority attempted to rule Iraq following the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Drawing on interviews and internal documents, Rajiv Chandrasekaran tells the memorable story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American democracy in a war-torn Middle Eastern country, detailing not only the risky disbanding of the Iraqi army and the ludicrous attempt to train the new police force, but absurdities such as the aide who based Baghdad's new traffic laws on those of the state of Maryland, downloaded from the net, and the twenty-four-year-old who had never worked in finance put in charge of revitalising Baghdad's stock exchange. "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" is American reportage at its best.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Prizes: Winner of BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2007 Short-listed for British Book Awards: Waterstones Newcomer of the Year Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2007
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