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Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Inside Iraq's Green Zone

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

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An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad’s Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.

Politics and governmentCurrent EventsCoalition Provisional AuthorityPolitical corruptionPostwar reconstructionNonfictionIraq warIraq War, 2003-2011Iraq War, 2003-HistoryNew York Times reviewedUnited states, politics and government, 2001-2009