Imperial Life in the Emerald City

Name: Imperial Life in the Emerald City
ISBN: 9781400044450

by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Baillie Gifford · 2007 · Winner

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Alfred A. KnopfOctober 24, 2006NonfictionISBN 9781400044450

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Baillie Gifford Prize	2007	Winner

About This Book

An account of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad's Green Zone following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, documenting the ideological rigidity and incompetence that shaped post-war reconstruction. Winner of the 2007 Samuel Johnson Prize.

About the Author

Rajiv ChandrasekaranAmerican

Rajiv Chandrasekaran is an American journalist and author who served as a senior correspondent and editor at The Washington Post. His book Imperial Life in the Emerald City won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2007.