The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

<p>Named one of the Best Books of 2005 by <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post Book World</i>, <i>The Boston Globe</i>, <i>The Chicago Tribune</i>, <i>The</i> <i>San Francisco Chronicle Book Review</i>, <i>The Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>, <i>USA Today</i>, <i>Time</i>, and <i>New York</i> magazine.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<i>The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq</i> recounts 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.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><i>The Assassins’ Gate</i> 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. 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.</p>