Assassins Gate: America in Iraq (Record no. 222076)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0571230431 |
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Transcribing agency | AL |
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Edition number | 23 |
Classification number | 956.70443 |
Item number | PACA |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | George Packer |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
9 (RLIN) | 157502 |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Assassins Gate: America in Iraq |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Faber and Faber |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2006 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 467 p. |
Other physical details | PB |
Dimensions | 23.5x15.5 cm. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | Astonishing in its scale and ambition, this is the most balanced and accomplished book about the Iraq war so far. "The Assassins' Gate" recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq. It tells the story of the people and ideas that created the Bush administration's war policy and led America to the Assassin's Gate - the main point of entry into the American zone in Baghdad. The consequences of that policy are shown in the author's vivid reporting on the ground in Iraq, where he made several tours on assignment for "The New Yorker". We see up close the struggles of individual American soldiers and civilians and Iraqis from all backgrounds, including returning exiles, thrown together by a war that followed none of the preconceived scripts. "The Assassins' Gate" also describes the effect of the Iraq war on American life, including the ordeal of a fallen soldier's family and the shortcomings of a political culture too impoverished in its knowledge of the world and too bitterly polarized to debate complex moral and strategic questions. |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iraq War, 2003 |
9 (RLIN) | 26421 |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Insurgency -- Iraq |
9 (RLIN) | 26422 |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Civil war-Iraq |
9 (RLIN) | 26423 |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003 |
9 (RLIN) | 26424 |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | Americans -Iraq |
9 (RLIN) | 26425 |
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Topical term or geographic name entry element | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001 |
9 (RLIN) | 26426 |
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | PACKER (George) |
9 (RLIN) | 26427 |
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Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type | George Fernandes Collections |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | History | St Aloysius Library | St Aloysius Library | 03/24/2013 | 956.70443 PACA | GF03390 | 03/29/2022 | 03/29/2022 | George Fernandes Collections |