About the Book

Channeling a tragedy of epic dimensions through the stories of real people, the author reports on the experience of ordinary Iraqis living through the endgame of the Saddam Hussein regime, its fall, and the troubled American occupation.

Book Synopsis

"This is a necessary book, the best I've read about Iraq." --David Lipsky, The New York Times Book Review

"Indispensable for understanding what is going on inside Iraqi society today." --The Washington Post

The Fall of Baghdad is a masterpiece of literary reportage about the experience of ordinary Iraqis living through the endgame of the Saddam Hussein regime, its violent fall, and the troubled American occupation. In channeling a tragedy of epic dimensions through the stories of real people caught up in the whirlwind of history, Jon Lee Anderson has written a book of timeless significance.

Review Quotes

"This is a necessary book, the best I've read about Iraq." --David Lipsky, The New York Times Book Review

"Revelatory . . . Anderson shows how a well-wrought word-picture is aworth a thousand hours of CNN." --The Village Voice

"Indispensable for understanding what is going on inside Iraqi society today." --The Washington Post

"In this measured, keenly descriptive account, hindsight gives way to horror as the early rumblings of war become reality and the city of Baghdad is changed beyond recognition." --The New York Times

About the Author

Jon Lee Anderson is the author of To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban; Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World; Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life; The Lion's Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan; and, with his brother Scott Anderson, War Zones and Inside the League. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker.