Night draws near
Subtitle: Iraq's people in the shadow of America's war
By: Anthony Shadid
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Social aspects; Social conditions; Iraq War, 2003-
Description: From the only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from Iraq, an account of ordinary people caught between the struggles of nations. The Washington Post's Shadid went to Iraq, neither embedded with soldiers nor briefed by politicians. Because he is fluent in Arabic, Shadid--an Arab American born and raised in Oklahoma--was able to disappear into the divided, dangerous worlds of Iraq. Day by day, as the American dream of freedom clashed with Arab notions of justice, he pieced together the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the terrible dislocations and tragedies of war. Through the lives of men and women, Sunnis and Shiites, American sympathizers and outraged young jihadists newly transformed into martyrs, Shadid shows us the journey of defiant, hopeful, resilient Iraq, and how Saddam's downfall paved the way not only for democracy but also for an Islamic reawakening and jihad.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-401) and index.