Dawn Over Baghdad: How the U.S. Military Is Using Bullets and Ballots to Remake

Description: Dawn Over Baghdad by Karl Zinsmeister An up to the minute report on Americas most urgent national struggle, as seen through the eyes of the U.S. servicemen and Iraqis who are striving to build a new country in the most dangerous place on earth. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THIS IS A COMPLETELY FRESH, close-up look at the guerilla struggle in Iraq. It is built on weeks spent re-embedded with U.S. soldiers in the most dangerous parts of the Sunni Triangle in early 2004, direct polling of Iraqis, and unmatched reporting on combat raids, interrogations, daily diplomacy, and reconstruction heroics. It follows the authors "Boots on the Ground: A Month with the 82nd Airborne in the Battle for Iraq," which was the first book from an embedded reporter describing the toppling of Saddam Hussein. Gripping, perceptive, funny, and bluntly honest, "Boots" became the most popular chronicle of the hot war in Iraq. Now Karl Zinsmeister has again beaten the pack with this groundbreaking sequel on the counterinsurgency phase of the war. This is a powerful, clich-smashing, up-to-the-minute report on Americas most urgent national struggle, as seen through the eyes of ordinary Iraqis and the U.S. servicemen doing todays dirty work. "Dawn Over Baghdad" takes you into Iraqs urban neighborhoods, rural villages, and guerilla snake pits, and shows exactly how young American soldiers are quietly but inexorably choking off a terrorist insurrection and planting the seeds (sometimes at great personal cost) of a dramatically different Middle East. Zinsmeister brings home a fascinating, intimate, and insightful story missed by the major media: With the quiet cooperation of millions of everyday Iraqis, the U.S. is approaching something historic -- success in a tough guerilla war. Includes a 32-page section of color photos taken by the author. Author Biography Karl Zinsmeister spent three months embedded in combat zones with US soldiers during the first year of the Iraq war. Zinsmeister is editor in chief of The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business, and culture. He is also the J B Fuqua Fellow at Washington DCs American Enterprise Institute. His writing has appeared in publications like the Atlantic Monthly, Readers Digest, the Wall Street Journal, and even a Marvel comic-book series of real-life soldiers tales. A graduate of Yale University and Trinity College, Dublin, and a former assistant to US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, he has testified before Congressional committees and Presidential commissions numerous times, and appears regularly on television and radio programs. Karl Zinsmeister lives with his wife and children in rural upstate New York. Table of Contents Americas Warrior Class; Crackdown; The Reconstruction Business; Democracy School; What Ordinary Iraqis Want; The Character Test; Military-Industrial Complex; Guerrilla Lessons; Here We Come; What It Takes to Win; The Media War. Long Description An up to the minute report on Americas most urgent national struggle, as seen through the eyes of the U.S. servicemen and Iraqis who are striving to build a new country in the most dangerous place on earth. Details ISBN1594030502 Author Karl Zinsmeister Short Title DAWN OVER BAGHDAD Pages 237 Language English ISBN-10 1594030502 ISBN-13 9781594030505 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2004 Imprint Encounter Books,USA Country of Publication United States Place of Publication New York Residence NY, US Subtitle How the U.S. Military Is Using Bullets and Ballots to Remake Iraq Replaced by 9781594030901 DOI 10.1604/9781594030505 NZ Release Date 2004-07-15 US Release Date 2004-07-15 UK Release Date 2004-07-15 Publisher Encounter Books,USA Publication Date 2004-07-15 DEWEY 956.70443 Audience General AU Release Date 2004-06-24 Alternative 9781594030901 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137745991;

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