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An account of post-conflict Iraq by the man who governed Wasit Province in southern Iraq on behalf of the Coalition. Describes the problems of poverty, social paralysis, and lawlessness. Discusses the insurgency that culminated in a sixteen-hour firefight.

Ambassador L. Paul "Jerry" Bremer recounts the experiences he had during his fourteen-month stay as America's proconsul in Iraq, revealing the struggles between the Iraqi people and government in the months following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Raviv Chandrasekaran, takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. Ignoring what Iraqis say they want or need, the team pursues irrelevant neoconservative solutions and pie-in-the-sky policies instead of rebuilding looted buildings and restoring electricity. Their almost comic initiatives anger the locals and fuel the insurgency.