Defeat
Why America and Britain Lost Iraq
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedefeatwhyamerica00stee
- ISBN-101582434034
- ISBN-139781582434032
- LibraryThing4940079
- Library of Congress Control Number2007043546
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number175290015
- Better World Books9781582434032
- Open LibraryOL12285053M
Classifications
- LCCDS79.76.S695 2008
- LCCDS79.76 .S69 2008
- LCCDS79.76 .S695 2008
Description
As the dreadful reality of the Coalition's defeat in Iraq begins to sink in, one question dominates Washington and London: why? In this controversial new book, award-winning journalist Jonathan Steele provides a stark and arresting answer: Bush and Blair were defeated from the day they decided to occupy the country. Iraq had enough of foreign armies. Steele describes the memories of centuries of humiliations that have scarred the Iraqi national psyche, creating a powerful and deeply felt nationalism. Drawing his unique access to senior Western policymakers, Steele shows how the key players in.
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