{"product_id":"the-fall-of-baghdad-isbn-9780143035855","title":"The Fall of Baghdad","description":"\u003cb\u003e“This is a necessary book, the best I've read about Iraq.” —David Lipsky, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Indispensable for understanding what is going on inside Iraqi society today.” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fall of Baghdad \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterpiece of literary reportage about the experience of ordinary Iraqis living through the endgame of the Saddam Hussein regime, its violent fall, and the troubled American occupation. In channeling a tragedy of epic dimensions through the stories of real people caught up in the whirlwind of history, Jon Lee Anderson has written a book of timeless significance.“This is a necessary book, the best I've read about Iraq.” \u003cb\u003e—David Lipsky, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Revelatory . . . Anderson shows how a well-wrought word-picture is aworth a thousand hours of CNN.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Indispensable for understanding what is going on inside Iraqi society today.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this measured, keenly descriptive account, hindsight gives way to horror as the early rumblings of war become reality and the city of Baghdad is changed beyond recognition.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Lee Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTo Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban; Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eChe Guevara: A Revolutionary Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Lion’s Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e; and, with his brother Scott Anderson,\u003ci\u003e War Zones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInside the League\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302264033509,"sku":"NP9780143035855","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143035855.jpg?v=1767739276","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-fall-of-baghdad-isbn-9780143035855","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}