A Time Of Our Choosing. America's War In Iraq.

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Times Books/Henry Holt And Co.
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: First Edition

Description: 319 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. It Was A War Like No Other The United States Had Ever Fought. It Began With The Bombing Of Sadam Hussein's Bunker And Ended With Staues Of The Iraqi Dictator Toppled In Downtown Baghdad, And It Marked A Turning Point In America's Relations With Its Enemies, Its Allies, And Its Sense Of Itself.

Publishers Description: The authoritative account of Americas most controversial war since Vietnam, a conflict in which shock and awe� were not confined to the battlefield It was a war like no other the United States had ever fought. It began with the bombing of Saddam Husseins bunker and ended with statues of the Iraqi dictator being toppled in downtown Baghdad, and it marked a turning point in Americas relations with its enemies, its allies, and its sense of itself. Yet most Americans experienced the war as impressionistic and often confusing”the story of one battle here, one unit there, a report from one city, then another, without the larger context we so urgently needed. Each reporter had his slice� of the war, it seemed, but no one had the whole story or the broad view.A Time of Our Choosing fills that gap brilliantly, drawing on the unparalleled resources and reportage of The New York Times. Todd S. Purdum, one of the papers most gifted storytellers, traces the war in Iraq from the first rumblings after 9/11, to the diplomatic recriminations at the United Nations, to the battles themselves and their aftermath. He deftly rolls out the whole canvas before our eyes, showing how the individual slices� fit together into a single, gripping drama.Purdum also explores the complex legacy of Americas near-unilateral action. Since the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush has vowed that the United States would confront its enemies at a time of our choosing,� and Purdum shows in vivid terms what this choice has meant for our now transformed world.

ISBN: 0805075623