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The Fall of Baghdad (Hardcover)

by Jon Lee Anderson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Press (Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1594200343
  • ISBN-13: 978-1594200342
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,574,032 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'THE FALL OF BAGHDAD demonstrates -- like Anderson's incisive books on the war in Afghanistan, contemporary guerrilla movements and Che Guevara -- his knack for interviews, observations and finely crafted, powerful narratives. The great value of this book is that Anderson takes us beyond sound bites or official statements to hear the authentic voices of thoughtful, educated Iraqi civilians in interviews and vignettes that capture the chaos of wartime and its aftermath ... The haunting intenstisy of Anderson's vibrant account of his experiences is reminiscent of the best war literature ... indispensable for understanding what is going on inside Iraqi society today' WASHINGTON POST --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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‘A brilliantly balanced, readable account’ --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars United States came into Baghdad with no plan, 21 May 2005
By Bert Ruiz "author/journalist" (Pleasantville, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Fall of Baghdad (Hardcover)
The world is indebted to author Jon Lee Anderson. He gathered in Baghdad to witness a war. He ignored President Bush's March 7, 2002 advisory to journalists to leave Baghdad. Anderson stayed and reported the "electric" tension among the people before the war, the fear during the war and more importantly the criminal chaos after the war ended.

Anderson concludes the United States came in with no plan for order, security, jobs, electricity, a water supply or the collection of garbage. The author is a gifted writer and carefully reports the sounds and colors of the city of Baghdad. Moreover, he provides a meticulous accounting of the growing doubts among the people of Iraq about the American capacity to restore law and order.

Still and all, Anderson does not hide the truth. Saddam Hussein is a butcher...he terrorized his people. Anderson reports the terrible crimes against humanity, the fear...the hatred of Hussein. However, Anderson links the absence of a coherent American plan to the intensifying guerrilla insurgency and rampant crime. He also does not hide the fact that Anti-Americanism is growing among the people of Iraq because of the growing civilian casualties.

The author intelligently explains that Iraqis like foreigners but do not like to be governed by them. He also provides valuable insights to disenfranchised tribal leaders. Overall, this book is essential to understanding what went wrong with the White House war in Iraq. Interestinly enough, Anderson bravely offers the Shiite view of a simpler and cheaper way of winning the trust of the people of Iraq...solve the question of Palestine. "If you do you will have friends in Middle Eastern Government's and there would be no terrorism; they will deal with it...if the U.S. stood justly toward situations then its moral power would be stronger than its army power." Highly recommended.

Bert Ruiz

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, one irritating thing, 9 Dec 2007
By JDM (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fall of Baghdad (Paperback)
I enjoyed this book a lot and would thoroughly recommend it. One thing about the book really annoyed me though. The author refers at some point to St Andrews University in England. St Andrews (town and university) is in Scotland and it made me doubt the author's authority and views on other issues after reading this insensitive and offensive mistake.
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