Originally published: 2006; with a new introduction
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue : on the abandoned lover's bridge : the sorrow of Mussayib -- 1. "Tell me how this ends" -- 2. Chronicle of a war foretold -- 3. In the shadow of the martyrs -- 4. States of mind : the liberators' bewilderment -- 5. The old regime's afterlife -- 6. The false history -- 7. After innocence -- 8. Waiting for rain -- Appendix A. Turning points in the American war in Iraq.