false 87119 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. 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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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. 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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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 3 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 18:27:52 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 18:40:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 81263902 720581 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Wed Dec 16 21:45:43 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 22:07:46 -0800 2009
I won't lie, it's not the easiest for me to ...more...]]> 70103613 28195 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 1 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:19:22 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:28:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68324069 1652278 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Aug 21 06:54:04 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 06:54:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 45460765 1008236 825471 0374299633 9780374299637 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178722059m/825471.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178722059s/825471.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/825471.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.00 26 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.</DIV><DIV>
The Assassins' Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.

</DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:36:46 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:36:46 -0800 2009 Packer has written the most definitive account to date of the Iraq War, thanks to exceptional reporting and wide-ranging research that put the U.S. invasion into its true historical and political context. Even with the outcome of the war uncertain__and no end of the U.S. occupation in sight__The Ass...

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Packer begins by looking at the intellectual underpinnings of the Iraq War, not the WMD no...more...]]> 18569523 280383 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Wed Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 24 23:32:20 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:33:01 -0700 2008
Great book. Discusses the good side of the drive to war without ignoring it's shortcomings, then moves to iraq to really focus ...more...]]> 18353911 40183 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 0 false Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 21:15:26 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 14:50:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 17918946 800440 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Mar 17 00:47:43 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 01:46:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14146480 858949 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 3 0 false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 06:46:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 06:36:56 -0800 2008 Babylon by Bus, I wasn't quite finished thinking about Iraq. LeMoine and Neumann had done a great job of detailing their personal experiences in the country, with occasional wider views to give their experiences some context, but I wanted to know more. So I picked up this book.
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The Assassins' Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.

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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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 13:04:48 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 13:11:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5461775 332672 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 22:08:40 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 22:20:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1588046 110226 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 11:40:38 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:30:42 -0800 2009 New Yorker on Iraq, and this book, which compiles all those articles (and much more) into a unitary document, is the most comprehensive and readable work of journalism dealing with the ...more...]]> 4100959 75637 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 05 07:28:15 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:48:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 41348082 1632822 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Mon Feb 23 23:05:43 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 18:07:14 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 23:05:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 15219011 54697 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 5 0 false Sun Mar 19 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 12 02:42:20 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 02:46:16 -0800 2008 If you only read one book about the Iraq War, make it this one.

Top to bottom, stem to stern. From the thought processes of Bush's White House to actual on the ground reporting in Baghdad, Packer takes you everywhere.

He is a direhard liberal who supported this war so th...more...]]> 4614598 282950 87119 0374530556 9780374530556 90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197m/87119.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171099197s/87119.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87119.The_Assassins_Gate_America_in_Iraq 4.13 540 The New York Times, The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq 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. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>The Assassins’ Gate also describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier ’s family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer’s best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America’s most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.</DIV></DIV></DIV>]]> 2005 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 18:26:19 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:25:07 -0800 2009
More than anything else, Packer George Packer puts a human face on the Iraqis, who are all to often forgotten while we engage in partisan debates of whether this is an o...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=87119