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Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Hardcover, 320 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $25.95 | purchase

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Book Summary

Presents a revealing look at life in Baghdad's Green Zone, the headquarters for the American occupation in Iraq, criticizing the follies and foibles of L. Paul Bremer in the invasion and reconstruction of Iraq.

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An Account from the Green Zone

Journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran is the former Baghdad bureau chief for The Washington Post. His new book about the Green Zone in Baghdad during the first year of the U.S. occupation is Imperial Life in the Emerald City.

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