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The Forever War
Written by Dexter Filkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.00
National Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
One of the Best Books of the Year:
New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Time
An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive... Read more >
Written by Dexter Filkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: June 2, 2009
Price: $15.00
National Bestseller
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
A New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year
One of the Best Books of the Year:
New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Boston Globe, and Time
An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Eight Lives Down
The Most Dangerous Job in the World in the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Written by Chris Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $16.00
Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero.
If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me fuck... Read more >
The Most Dangerous Job in the World in the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Written by Chris Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $16.00
Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero.
If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me fuck... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Fifteen Days
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Warrior Elite
The Forging of SEAL Class 228
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military
training in the world.
What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The... Read more >
The Forging of SEAL Class 228
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.00
With a postscript describing SEAL efforts in Afghanistan, The Warrior Elite takes you into the toughest, longest, and most relentless military
training in the world.
What does it take to become a Navy SEAL? What makes talented, intelligent young men volunteer for physical punishment, cold water, and days without sleep? In The... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Finishing School
Earning the Navy SEAL Trident
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $14.95
In America's new war, the first guns in the fight are special operations forces, including the Navy SEALs, specially trained warriors who operate with precision, swiftness, and lethal force. In the constantly shifting war on terror, SEAL units--small
in number, flexible, stealthy, and efficient--are more vital than ever to America’s security... Read more >
Earning the Navy SEAL Trident
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $14.95
In America's new war, the first guns in the fight are special operations forces, including the Navy SEALs, specially trained warriors who operate with precision, swiftness, and lethal force. In the constantly shifting war on terror, SEAL units--small
in number, flexible, stealthy, and efficient--are more vital than ever to America’s security... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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7 Deadly Scenarios
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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7 Deadly Scenarios
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Fifteen Days
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Forever War
Written by Dexter Filkins
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $25.00
From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time.
Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose work was hailed by David Halberstam as “reporting of the highest quality imaginable,”... Read more >
Written by Dexter Filkins
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: September 16, 2008
Price: $25.00
From the front lines of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, a searing, unforgettable book that captures the human essence of the greatest conflict of our time.
Through the eyes of Dexter Filkins, the prizewinning New York Times correspondent whose work was hailed by David Halberstam as “reporting of the highest quality imaginable,”... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Still Broken
A Recruit's Inside Account of Intelligence Failures, from Baghdad to the Pentagon
Written by A. J. Rossmiller
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $25.00
"Graduating from college with a degree in Middle East studies, Rossmiller joined the Defense Department's Intelligence Agency in 2004 and soon volunteered to join a DIA unit in Iraq. He vividly recounts his six-month tour—the physical misery of the environment and the frustrations of feeling his work rarely made a difference... Read more >
A Recruit's Inside Account of Intelligence Failures, from Baghdad to the Pentagon
Written by A. J. Rossmiller
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $25.00
"Graduating from college with a degree in Middle East studies, Rossmiller joined the Defense Department's Intelligence Agency in 2004 and soon volunteered to join a DIA unit in Iraq. He vividly recounts his six-month tour—the physical misery of the environment and the frustrations of feeling his work rarely made a difference... Read more >
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Eight Lives Down
The Most Dangerous Job in the World in the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Written by Chris Hunter
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $16.00
Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero.
If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me fuck... Read more >
The Most Dangerous Job in the World in the Most Dangerous Place in the World
Written by Chris Hunter
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $16.00
Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero.
If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me fuck... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Terror and Consent
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Hardcover, 688 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of The Shield of Achilles (“magisterial”— The New York Times, “a classic for future generations”—The New York Review of Books). In this book Philip Bobbitt brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a “war on... Read more >
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Hardcover, 688 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of The Shield of Achilles (“magisterial”— The New York Times, “a classic for future generations”—The New York Review of Books). In this book Philip Bobbitt brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a “war on... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Terror and Consent
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Chosen Soldier
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $16.00
In combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. More than ever, we need men like those of the Army Special Forces–the legendary Green Berets.
In Chosen Soldier, Dick Couch draws on nearly a year spent at Special Forces training facilities... Read more >
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $16.00
In combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. More than ever, we need men like those of the Army Special Forces–the legendary Green Berets.
In Chosen Soldier, Dick Couch draws on nearly a year spent at Special Forces training facilities... Read more >
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Between War and Peace
Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq
Written by Victor Hanson
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In his acclaimed collection An Autumn of War, the scholar and military historian Victor Davis Hanson expressed powerful and provocative views of September 11 and the ensuing war in Afghanistan. Now, in these challenging new essays, he examines the world’s ongoing war on terrorism, from America to Iraq, from Europe to... Read more >
Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq
Written by Victor Hanson
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
In his acclaimed collection An Autumn of War, the scholar and military historian Victor Davis Hanson expressed powerful and provocative views of September 11 and the ensuing war in Afghanistan. Now, in these challenging new essays, he examines the world’s ongoing war on terrorism, from America to Iraq, from Europe to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Home Fires Burning
Married to the Military-for Better or Worse
Written by Karen Houppert
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
As taps echoes across the cookie-cutter housing areas of upstate New York’s Fort Drum, the wives turn on the evening news, both hoping for and dreading word of their husbands overseas. It’s a ritual played out on military bases across the nation as the waiting wives of Karen Houppert’s extraordinary new... Read more >
Married to the Military-for Better or Worse
Written by Karen Houppert
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $14.95
As taps echoes across the cookie-cutter housing areas of upstate New York’s Fort Drum, the wives turn on the evening news, both hoping for and dreading word of their husbands overseas. It’s a ritual played out on military bases across the nation as the waiting wives of Karen Houppert’s extraordinary new... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The March Up
Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines
Written by Bing West
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
With unprecedented access and previously unreported detail, here is a first hand account of the 22-day march to Baghdad that takes you behind the scenes and to the front line...
No one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield clearance afforded the authors of this dramatic eyewitness account. Unlike... Read more >
Taking Baghdad with the United States Marines
Written by Bing West
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $16.00
With unprecedented access and previously unreported detail, here is a first hand account of the 22-day march to Baghdad that takes you behind the scenes and to the front line...
No one reporting on the war in Iraq had the unique battlefield clearance afforded the authors of this dramatic eyewitness account. Unlike... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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War of Nerves
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.95
Statesmen, generals, and diplomats have long debated the military utility and morality of chemical warfare. In 1925, the use of chemical weapons in war was prohibited by international treaty; in 1997 the ban on the use of chemical weapons was extended to cover their development, production, and stockpiling. Nevertheless, Iraq employed... Read more >
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.95
Statesmen, generals, and diplomats have long debated the military utility and morality of chemical warfare. In 1925, the use of chemical weapons in war was prohibited by international treaty; in 1997 the ban on the use of chemical weapons was extended to cover their development, production, and stockpiling. Nevertheless, Iraq employed... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Licensed to Kill
Hired Guns in the War on Terror
Written by Robert Young Pelton
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $15.00
Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning... Read more >
Hired Guns in the War on Terror
Written by Robert Young Pelton
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2007
Price: $15.00
Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Chosen Soldier
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population. In battles such as these, squadrons of billion-dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less... Read more >
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $25.95
IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population. In battles such as these, squadrons of billion-dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Chosen Soldier
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $16.00
IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population. In battles such as these, squadrons of billion-dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less... Read more >
The Making of a Special Forces Warrior
Written by Dick Couch
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 6, 2007
Price: $16.00
IN combating terror, America can no longer depend on its conventional military superiority and the use of sophisticated technology. We are fighting guerrilla wars, against insurgents hidden in remote regions, often deep among the local population. In battles such as these, squadrons of billion-dollar bombers and naval fleets mean much less... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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War of Nerves
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $17.95
In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of synthetic chemistry made the large-scale use of toxic chemicals on the battlefield... Read more >
Chemical Warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda
Written by Jonathan Tucker
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $17.95
In this important and revelatory book, Jonathan Tucker, a leading expert on chemical and biological weapons, chronicles the lethal history of chemical warfare from World War I to the present.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the rise of synthetic chemistry made the large-scale use of toxic chemicals on the battlefield... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Inside Delta Force
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $9.99
They are the Army's most elite top-secret strike force. But you won't hear about their heroics on the news, no headlines about them can appear in the papers, and no one—not even their families—can know who they are. First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D—Delta Force, America's supersecret counterterrorist unit. On paper they... Read more >
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $9.99
They are the Army's most elite top-secret strike force. But you won't hear about their heroics on the news, no headlines about them can appear in the papers, and no one—not even their families—can know who they are. First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D—Delta Force, America's supersecret counterterrorist unit. On paper they... Read more >
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $14.95
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $14.95
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $25.95
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut... Read more >
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: September 19, 2006
Price: $25.95
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
The Washington Post’s former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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