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... author captured the essence of the town, love, prejudice, war, a snow storm, etc. in very few words.
I am now reading The Assassin's Gate and enjoying it so far. I'm also listening to Me Talk Pretty One Day while I ride my bike. I have almost fallen off a few times because I am ... I couldn't agree more with #25 detailmuse on Let the Great World Spin.
I also forgot to mention that The Assassin's Gate was a LT recommendation, so I'm excited to start that one. ... from reading for the last couple of days. But today, I need to start Snow Falling on Cedars for book club and either The Assassin's Gate or Lolita. ... same coin, dems & gop...At times I can be so frustrated with politics....
Some of my favorite reads have been, Fiasco, The Assassins Gate, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War , Cobra 2, 1000 Years For Revenge, "Cover-Up" and Triple Cross Wrong ... 1. The Assassins' Gate by George Packer
2. Cobra II by Michael R. Gordon
3. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks
4. The Prince Of The Marshes by Rory Stewart
5. Imperial Life In The Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
What others?
I really liked the Assassins trilogy, but the first Liveship book was so harsh, I couldn't get into it. The books Robin Hobb has writtten as Megan Lindholm are somewhat different - not as epic - but good.
ANd IMO you have to be really dedicated to make it all the way through the Wheel ... ... and Longing in L.A. by Jennifer kaufman and Karen Mack
Fun. Well-written chick lit. Nice light read.
9. The Assassins' Gate by George Packer
Devastating.
10. The Ruins by Scott Smith
I hated, hated, hated this book. Loved his A Simple Plan, but I hated ... ... soldiers, Captain Prior (in charge of 150 soldiers), said, "These people dime each other out like there's no tomorrow." As The Assassins' Gate explains, "With these betrayals, Iraqis played on soldiers' fears and ignorance, pulling them into private feuds that the Americans had no way of ... neummy, you will find multiple, detailed examples of social engineering in Iraq in The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer if you can stomach it. ... A good journalistic account of the beginnings of the insurgency and a bit into it as far as 2005, is George Packer's The Assassin's Gate.
If you liked Cobra II, try Gordon and Trainor's book on the 1991 Gulf War, written in 1994, called The Generals' War. It's an excellent account, ... Major, i strongly suggest the following -- The Assassins' Gate : America in Iraq by George Packard -- for a much more complete view. 21 > Nonsense. Nattering on about ideologogical stands is meaningless. The devil is in the details: The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq by George Packer. ... John LeCarre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and loved it as much the second time through. Now i'm finishing up The Assassin's Gate by George Packer and am amazed at how similar it is in many ways to Le Carre's earlier works.
i'm also reading some fun chick lit The First Ass ... i'm just starting The Assassins' Gate by George Packer about America's history and current actions in Iraq. I will probably read along with it Jawbreaker by Gary Berntsen about our hunt for Osama bin Laden and how we came so close, so many times, to capturing/killing him, but were ... ... thousands psychologically scarred, etc. (The most balanced, brilliant review I've seen thus far of our current sinkhole is The Assassins' Gate by George Packer.)
And, if that wasn't enough more than 300 BILLION DOLLARS have been spent on credit (which we'll ALL have to pay off in the ... ... earlier media age, which made for a lot of cranky asides. A good read, all in all, though.
Right now I'm going through The Assassins Gate by George Packer, and wow, is it something else. See you all next week! Arrived from Amazon for Christmas gifts to others:
The Assassins Gate by George Packer and Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran ... I've read several books in succession about various apects of this present conflict in Iraq, The One Percent Doctrine, The Assassins Gate, Cobra II, etc. I find that ... Administration by: James Risen ----This was one of the first so-called Anti-Bush books that i read, the others being The Assassins Gate (excellent)
Cobra II (excellent as well) Hubris by: Michael Issikoff and David Corn (everyone should read this book), Fiasco, The One Percent ...
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