For a depressing read on this there's "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People", Peter Van Buren's first-hand a

For a depressing read on this there's "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People", Peter Van Buren's first-hand account of the catastrofuck that was post-war Iraq.