{"product_id":"aftermath-following-the-bloodshed-of-americas-wars-in-the-muslim-world-hardcover","title":"Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNir Rosen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNir Rosen's \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e, an extraordinary feat of reporting, follows the contagious spread of radicalism and sectarian violence that the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing civil war have unleashed in the Muslim world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rosen -- who the \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e once bitterly complained has \"great access to the Baathists and jihadists who make up the Iraqi insurgency\" -- has spent nearly a decade among warriors and militants who have been challenging American power in the Muslim world. In \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e, he tells their story, showing the other side of the U.S. war on terror, traveling from the battle-scarred streets of Baghdad to the alleys, villages, refugee camps, mosques, and killing grounds of Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and finally Afghanistan, where Rosen has a terrifying encounter with the Taliban as their \"guest,\" and witnesses the new Obama surge fizzling in southern Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rosen was one of the few Westerners to venture inside the mosques of Baghdad to witness the first stirrings of sectarian hatred in the months after the U.S. invasion. He shows how weapons, tactics, and sectarian ideas from the civil war in Iraq penetrated neighboring countries and threatened their stability, especially Lebanon and Jordan, where new jihadist groups mushroomed. Moreover, he shows that the spread of violence at the street level is often the consequence of specific policies hatched in Washington, D.C. Rosen offers a seminal and provocative account of the surge, told from the perspective of U.S. troops on the ground, the Iraqi security forces, Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents that were both allies and adversaries. He also tells the story of what happened to these militias once they outlived their usefulness to the Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e is both a unique personal history and an unsparing account of what America has wrought in Iraq and the region. The result is a hair- raising, 360-degree view of the modern battlefield its consequent humanitarian catastrophe, and the reality of counterinsurgency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNir Rosen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Belly of the Green Bird\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine, Harper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, Time, Mother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. A fellow at the NYU Center on Law and Security, he lives in Beirut and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771473035552,"sku":"9781568584010","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f554e94740f8b6a1bc3947b047b7c781.webp?v=1780387134","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aftermath-following-the-bloodshed-of-americas-wars-in-the-muslim-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}