'My Year In Iraq' is required reading for all those interested in the real story of how America responded to its gravest recent overseas crisis.
The American diplomat President Bush sent to Iraq to direct its reconstruction and democratization offers a riveting account - behind the scenes in the Oval Office, State, the NSC, CIA, as they attempt to cope with post-war chaos and violence. He also portrays the Governing Council of hand-picked Iraqi exiles in less than flattering terms.