The Fall of Baghdad
by Jon Lee Anderson | 
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran | 
Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks | 
The Gamble
by Thomas E. Ricks |
Cobra II
by Michael R. Gordon | 
Night Draws Near
by Anthony Shadid | 
The Assassins' Gate
by George Packer | 
The Threatening Storm
by Kenneth M. Pollack | 
The Good Soldiers
by David Finkel | 
The End of Iraq
by Peter W. Galbraith | 
The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell
by John Crawford | 
Joker One
by Donovan Campbell |
No True Glory
by Bing West | 
Generation Kill
by Evan Wright |
Chain of Command
by Seymour M. Hersh | 
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson | 
Dead Wake
by Erik Larson | 
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs | 
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson | 
Go Like Hell
by A. J. Baime |
Now in paperback, an insightful book that answers the questions that America wants answered. Based on his private journals and his public interviews, A Fist in the Hornet's Nest is Richard Engel's harrowing, fascinating, and informative view of Iraq from street level. Through his wartime reportage, Engel has emerged as one of the preeminent journalists of his generation and an invaluable source on Middle Eastern affairs. For those in search of an in-depth analysis or those trying to make sense of the recent war, Engel's book is as elucidating as it is riveting. His critical assessments for the future of the Gulf region and his analysis of where the American campaign succeeded and where, in some instances, it has failed constitute a book that is sure to be an invaluable contribution to the Middle Eastern debate for years to come.