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We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (American Empire Project) by Peter Van Buren Publisher Comments A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq—a shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad Charged with rebuilding Iraq, would you... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover 
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My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Family's Past by Ariel Sabar Publisher Comments In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq by Rory Stewart Publisher Comments "Important and instructive . . . [Stewart] lays bare the complexity of Americas and Britains mission in Iraq."—The Washington Post Book World In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A History of Iraq by Charles Tripp Publisher Comments To understand Iraq, Charles Tripp's history is the book to read. Since its first appearance in 2000, it has become a classic in the field of Middle East studies, read and admired by students, soldiers, policymakers and journalists. The book is now... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq by Ariel Sabar Publisher Comments "I am the keeper of my family's stories. I am the guardian of its honor. I am the defender of its traditions. As the first-born son of a Kurdish father, these, they tell me, are my duties. And yet even before my birth I resisted." So begins Ariel Sabar's... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Flowers of Flame: The Unheard Voices of Iraq by Sadek Mohammed Publisher Comments In this stunning collection — the first since the American invasion — Iraqis themselves vividly depict the bombing of Baghdad, the fall of Saddam Hussein, the invaders (on both sides), the sectarian violence — and in the midst of it all,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq by Kanan Makiya Publisher Comments First published in 1989, just before the Gulf War broke out, Republic of Fear was the only book that explained the motives of the Saddam Hussein regime in invading and annexing Kuwait. This edition, updated in 1998, has a substantial introduction... (read more) List Price $36.25 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Raid on the Sun by Rodger W. Claire Publisher Comments The first authorized inside account of one of the most daring—and successful—military operations in recent history From the earliest days of his dictatorship, Saddam Hussein had vowed to destroy Israel. So when France sold Iraq a top... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty by Hugh Kennedy Publisher Comments The “golden age of Islam” in the eighth and ninth centuries was as significant to world history as the Roman Empire was in the first and second centuries. Islamic culture and enterprise stretched from Tunisia to India; its legacy influenced... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Modern History of Iraq by Phebe Marr Publisher Comments This book places in historical perspective the crises and upheavals that continue to afflict Iraq. Phebe Marr, a noted scholar and leading consultant on Iraqi politics, draws on published sources in Arabic and English, personal interviews, and frequent... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Triumph of the Martyrs: A Reporter's Journey Into Occupied Iraq by Nir Rosen Publisher Comments He is one of the few Western journalists to get inside the Sunni insurgency, and his book contains a memorable portrait, among other things, of Fallujah under the chaotic rule of the mujahideen. -The New York Review of BooksRepresents brave reportage and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq by Riverbend Publisher Comments THiRD PRiZE WiNNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES aWaRD FOR THE aRT OF REPORTaGE LONGLiSTED FOR 2006 SaMUEL JOHNSON PRiZE FOR NONFiCTiON in her riveting weblog, a remarkable young iraqi woman gives a human face to war and occupation. in august 2003, the world... (read more) List Price $11.96 Your price: $10.61 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone by Rajiv Chandrasekaran Publisher Comments An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. The Washington Post's former Baghdad bureau... (read more) Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Barefoot in Baghdad: a Story of Identity-my Own and What It Means To Be a Woman in Chaos (10 Edition) by Manal M. Omar Publisher Comments Walk barefoot and the thorns will hurt you... -Iraqi-Turkmen proverb A riveting story of hope and despair, of elation and longing, Barefoot in Baghdad takes you to the front lines of a different kind of battle, where the unsung freedom fighters are... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal by Asne Seierstad Publisher Comments For one hundred and one days Asne Seierstad worked as a reporter in Baghdad. Always in search of a story far less obvious than the American military invasion, Seierstad brings to life the world behind the headlines in this compelling- and heartbreaking... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fist in the Hornet's Nest : on the Ground in Baghdad Before, During & After the War (04 Edition) by Richard Engel Publisher Comments Now in paperback, an insightful book that answers the questions that America wants answered. Based on his private journals and his public interviews, A Fist in the Hornet's Nest is Richard Engel's harrowing, fascinating, and informative view of Iraq from... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A New Muslim Order: The Shia and the Middle East Sectarian Crisis by Nicolas Pelham Publisher Comments Nicolas Pelham explores how Americas overthrow of the Baath party in Iraq, and the failures of Washingtons post-invasion regime spawned a Shiite revolution in the heartland of the Arab world. Through first-hand accounts beginning with Saddams... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Speaking of Empire: Conversations with Tariq Ali by Tariq Ali Publisher Comments This series of interviews brings together Ali's insights into a wide range of topics--among them the fate of modern-day Pakistan, the occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the state of the Islamic world, and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix Publisher Comments The war against Iraq divided opinion throughout the world and generated a maelstrom of spin and counterspin. The man at the eye of the storm, and arguably the only key player to emerge from it with his integrity intact, was Hans Blix, head of the UN... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Shi'is of Iraq by Yitzhak Nakash Publisher Comments The Shi'is of Iraq provides a comprehensive history of Iraq's majority group and its turbulent relations with the ruling Sunni minority. Yitzhak Nakash challenges the widely held belief that Shi'i society and politics in Iraq are a reflection of Iranian... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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