Synopses & Reviews
Early in 2004, Karl Zinsmeister, who had reported on the Iraq war from the front lines, re-embedded with the 82nd Airborne and spent several weeks with U.S. soldiers in the most dangerous parts of the Sunni Triangle. He participated in raids against insurgents and watched the soldiers engage in daily diplomacy with ordinary Iraqis trying to put their lives back together. Dawn over Baghdad is the result of that trip--the first up-close look at the guerilla struggle in Iraq and how American soldiers are using ballots and bullets to build a new democracy there that could change the future of the Middle East. Zinsmeister takes the reader into Iraq's urban neighborhoods, rural villages and guerilla snake pits to show exactly how young American soldiers are quietly but inexorably choking off a terrorist insurrection and planting the seeds of a dramatically different Iraq. He talked with the GIs and their commanders at an intimate, gut level. He also spoke with the men and women on the Iraqi "street." What he discovered--in reporting that is dramatically reinforced in public opinion polls conducted in Iraq--is a story missed or ignored by the mainstream American media: ordinary Iraqis back our war and occupation, and the United States is on the verge of winning a tough guerilla struggle. Gripping and perceptive, filled with raw candor and human interest, Dawn over Baghdad is an up-to-the-minute report on America's most urgent national struggle, as seen through the eyes of the U.S. servicemen and the Iraqis who are in the middle of the most dangerous place in the world.
Synopsis
An up to the minute report on America's most urgent national struggle, as seen through the eyes of the U.S. servicemen and Iraqis who are striving to build a new country in the most dangerous place on earth.