Beyond the green zone: dispatches from an unembedded journalist in occupied Iraq

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"Beyond the Green Zone is Dahr Jamail's critically acclaimed, indispensable account of life in Iraq under U.S. occupation. Named by AlterNet as one of the top three progressive books of 2007, alongside Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine and Jeremy Scahill's Blackwater, Beyond the Green Zone goes past the polished desks of the corporate media and Washington politicians to tell firsthand the reality of life in Iraq. This widely read account offers lyrical journalism, personal reflection, incisive analysis, and ground-breaking reportage, including previously unpublished details of the first years of occupation."--Publisher description. Foreword / Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan -- Introduction -- 1. Entering Iraq -- 2. Peering into an abyss -- 3. Growing fury and unrest -- 4. Kebabs in Fallujah -- 5. Craving health and freedom -- 6. Going "home" -- 7. Reentering the inferno -- 8. Sarajevo on the Euphrates -- 9. Raiding mosques, torturing Iraqis -- 10. The aftermath in Fallujah -- 11. Shattered dreams -- 12. "Nobody here likes the occupiers" -- 13. Leaving the volcano for the eye of the hurricane -- 14. Spiraling into occupied Iraq -- 15. Operation Phantom Fury -- 16. Into oblivion -- 17. Dying for democracy -- 18. Coming "home" -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.