Green Zone (Imperial Life/Emerald City Movie Tie-In Edition)

In Green Zone, Rajiv Chandrasekaran delivers a powerful firsthand account of life inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone during the early days of the Iraq War. As the former Baghdad bureau chief for The Washington Post, Chandrasekaran provides an intimate look at the Coalition Provisional Authority under Paul Bremer, where American officials worked to reshape Iraq from within a walled-off enclave insulated from the escalating violence outside.

Blending investigative reporting with sharp observation, the book examines how political inexperience, ideological priorities, and bureaucratic missteps shaped the occupation’s first critical year. With clear-eyed analysis and restrained prose, Green Zone offers readers a revealing portrait of decision-making at the highest levels and a deeper understanding of how early choices contributed to long-term instability in Iraq.

Paperback, Very Good