Packer stated that the whole project became a bungled mess with American officials in the George W. Bush administrationcherry-picking intelligence to support their positions, as well as being unable to respond to military issues such as insu… Who remains a powerful figure throughout the years this book covers. Great book. Easily the best book on the Iraq mess - disturbing, stunning, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2006. Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, USA Today, Time, and New York magazine.Winner of the Overseas Press Club’s Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International AffairsWinner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in JournalismThe 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. I have a whole bookcase of books about the Iraq business and this is far and away the best - and that is saying something! The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq is a non-fiction book detailing the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath by American journalist George Packer, otherwise best known for his writings in The New Yorker. 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. Also, a deeply moving and far-ranging account of one American, the father of a soldier killed in the war, delves into the consequences of war for those Americans without a voice in national politics. 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. Shadows at the Assassin's Gate: 'homicide bomb' tests resolve in lawless Iraq Rory McCarthy in Baghdad Sun 18 Jan 2004 21.49 EST First published on Sun 18 Jan 2004 21.49 EST 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. Unable to add item to List. 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. The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (Library Binding) Published May 16th 2008 Library Binding, 481 pages Author(s): George Packer. Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019. In what way is the gate a metaphor for the current situation in Iraq, and America's role in the world? Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post Book World , The Boston... Free shipping over $10. 2. He begins with Iraqi exile Kanan Makiya and the neoconservatives who argued for creating a democratic Iraq using American military force to overthrow Saddam Hussein. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I recommend this book to Iraqi vets and people that have never been to Iraq for some interesting insight and information. More By and About This Author. State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration by James … Muddled thinking, according to Packer, in the high offices of the U.S. government as to their mission and goals led to a tone deaf response to responsible, pointed criticism by lower-level people about Iraqi border security issues, problems in Iraqi police and army expansion, corruption in funding of Iraqi government programs, and other such areas. The book was also a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize and won the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. By “The Assassin’s Gate: America in Iraq,” is the tale of America’s involvement in Iraq that began in the March of 2003 and was in the line of decisive actions taken in the aftermath of the “9/11” attacks on the American mainland. He published the work through Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2005. 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. [Packer] offers the vivid detail and balanced analysis that have made him one of the leading chroniclers of the Iraq war.”―Yonatan Lupu, San Francisco Chronicle“The great strength of George Packer's book is that it gives a fair hearing to both views. 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