u003cpu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMESu003c/iu003e BESTSELLER u003c/bu003e u003cbu003eNational Book Award Finalist This "eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq (u003ciu003eThe New York Times Book Reviewu003c/iu003e).u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThe Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 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 crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of u003ciu003eThe Washington Postu003c/iu003e gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.u003c/pu003e
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