01-31-2007, 11:30 PM
Has anyone read this book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
There's Hollywood talk of making it into a movie. Rajiv was on Jon Stewart show some months ago. He seemed bright and could articulate well. He's correspondent for Washington Post (or Times) and son of Indian NRIs in US.
Some juicy bits in his books like 24 year-old with no prior job experience put in charge of interior ministry; muslim hotels along Tigris serving pork; etc.. should be pretty valuble in terms understanding of how far/wide the "freedom" has been spread in Iraq.
Some other books on Bush's Messo-potamac that I'll recommend:
<i>The One Percent Doctrine</i> : Ron Suskind (it's pretty good)
<i>Cobra II</i>: Mike Gordon (some sections are cure for insomnia)
<i>Fiasco</i>: Thomas E. Ricks (ok read)
<i>Hubris</i>: Michael Isikoff (ok read)
<i>The Greatest Story Ever Sold</i>: Frank Rich (great - ventures in areas like Katrina, Schivo case etc)
<i>State of Denial: Bush at War</i>: Bob Woodward (book was overhyped, author is a opportunistic for hidding all this info in previous two versions of the book)
There's Hollywood talk of making it into a movie. Rajiv was on Jon Stewart show some months ago. He seemed bright and could articulate well. He's correspondent for Washington Post (or Times) and son of Indian NRIs in US.
Some juicy bits in his books like 24 year-old with no prior job experience put in charge of interior ministry; muslim hotels along Tigris serving pork; etc.. should be pretty valuble in terms understanding of how far/wide the "freedom" has been spread in Iraq.
Some other books on Bush's Messo-potamac that I'll recommend:
<i>The One Percent Doctrine</i> : Ron Suskind (it's pretty good)
<i>Cobra II</i>: Mike Gordon (some sections are cure for insomnia)
<i>Fiasco</i>: Thomas E. Ricks (ok read)
<i>Hubris</i>: Michael Isikoff (ok read)
<i>The Greatest Story Ever Sold</i>: Frank Rich (great - ventures in areas like Katrina, Schivo case etc)
<i>State of Denial: Bush at War</i>: Bob Woodward (book was overhyped, author is a opportunistic for hidding all this info in previous two versions of the book)