The Assassins' Gate - America in Iraq

Informationen zum Autor George Packer writes for the New Yorker and lives in Brooklyn. The Assassin's Gate , his celebrated account of how America convinced itself to go to war with Iraq, is published by Faber and won the Helen Bernstein Book Award and an Overseas Press Club's book award He is also the author of The Village of Waiting, about his experience of Africa, and Blood of the Liberals, a history of his family and of twentieth-century American liberalism . Klappentext THE ASSASSINS' GATE recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for The New Yorker. We see up close the struggles of individual American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds. Here is the full range of ideas and emotions stirred up by America's most controversial foreign-policy venture since Vietnam. The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer: astonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far. Zusammenfassung The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for The New Yorker.

Product details

• Authors: George Packer, Packer George
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.01.2007
• EAN: 9780571230440
• ISBN: 978-0-571-23044-0
• No. of pages: 481
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 197 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Faber & Faber Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA; Politik, Zeitgeschichte, Irak : Politik, Zeitgeschichte, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Military / General, Geopolitics, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, 9 11; Al Qaeda; Foreign Policy; Military; Terrorism; War