"Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone" is an excellent book on the same topic. What is most staggering (to a foreigner like me anyway

"Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone" is an excellent book on the same topic. What is most staggering (to a foreigner like me anyway) is how the appointment of American administrators in Iraq was entirely driven by American politics. Experience and competence were of no importance. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Life-Emerald-City-Baghdads/dp/0747592896 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Imperial-Life-Emerald-City-Baghdads...