{"product_id":"the-assassins-gate-america-in-iraq-9780374530556","title":"The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book on International Affairs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq \u003c\/i\u003erecounts 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate \u003c\/i\u003ealso 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGEORGE PACKER\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Half Man \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCentral Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and two other works of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eBlood of the Liberals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Village of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e. His play, \u003ci\u003eBetrayed\u003c\/i\u003e, ran for five months in 2008 and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eOur Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491697398034,"sku":"9780374530556","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec9e481b-92e9-4f6f-ac84-a86fa0d13a82.jpg?v=1730550354","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-assassins-gate-america-in-iraq-9780374530556","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}