I first heard about George Packer through podcasts. He was interviewed on several podcasts to which I subscribe and I immediately felt that he was someone who was very knowledgeable about the causes and reality of this awful war in Iraq.

I was right. This book is absolutely superb and I learned so much from it. Packer looks at the underlying reasons for America launching the war - unsurprisingly, 9/11 did not have much to do with it. I found the history of the first year of the Americans in Iraq particularly interesting, especially the gradual slide of the country into the current state of anarchy and civil unrest that we hear about every day.

This was truly a marvellous book and I hope that whoever finds it in the wild values it as much as I did.

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RELEASE NOTES:

This was donated to our charity shop but we're going to pass it on!