We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People

by Peter Van Buren

Book Overview

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq--a shocking and rollicking true-life tale of Americans abroad Charged with rebuilding Iraq, would you spend taxpayer money on a sports mural in Baghdad's most dangerous neighborhood to promote reconciliation through art? How about an isolated milk factory that cannot get its milk to market? Or a pastry class training...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805094369
• ISBN13: 9780805094367
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"