{"product_id":"9780374530556","title":"The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of 2005 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq \u003c\/i\u003erecounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It brings to life the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassins' Gate—the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate \u003c\/i\u003ealso describes the place of the war in American life: the ideological battles in Washington that led to chaos in Iraq, the ordeal of a fallen soldier 's family, and the political culture of a country too bitterly polarized to realize such a vast and morally complex undertaking. George Packer's best-selling first-person narrative combines the scope of an epic history with the depth and intimacy of a novel, creating a masterful account of America's most controversial foreign venture since Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48071174914288,"sku":"9780374530556","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374530556_p0.jpg?v=1763767608","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374530556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}