{"product_id":"imperial-life-in-the-emerald-rajiv-chandrasekaran-9780307278838","title":"Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist - This \"eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies.\u003cp\u003e In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rajiv Chandrasekaran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307278832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307278838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.42h x 5.54w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2007 pg. 28","brand":"Rajiv Chandrasekaran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048076996863,"sku":"9780307278838","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8830d2a5-e965-42eb-9b4b-ed737a549c8f.jpg?v=1684993752","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imperial-life-in-the-emerald-rajiv-chandrasekaran-9780307278838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}