IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY by Rajiv Chandrasekaran ( 9780747592891 )

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Title:

IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY
INSIDE BAGHDAD'S GREEN ZONE

By:

Rajiv Chandrasekaran

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0747592896

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9780747592891

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BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

3 March, 2008

Pages:

368

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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.

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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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