Beyond the Green Zone

Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq

By Dahr Jamail, Foreword by Amy Goodman

Beyond the Green Zone is Dahr Jamail’s critically acclaimed, indispensable account of life in Iraq under U.S. occupation.

Named by AlterNet as one of the top three progressive books of 2007, alongside Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine and Jeremy Scahill’s Blackwater, Beyond the Green Zone goes past the polished desks of the corporate media and Washington politicians to tell firsthand the reality of life in Iraq.

This widely read account offers lyrical journalism, personal reflection, incisive analysis, and ground-breaking reportage, including previously unpublished details of the first years of occupation.

Nick Turse for Mother Jones writes that “every conflict spawns a handful of journalists who are willing to not only brave the war zone but to seek out the stories ignored by the press pack. The Iraq War has brought us Dahr Jamail.... I suspect Jamail’s account will prove an enduring document of what really happened during the chaotic years of occupation, and how it transformed ordinary Iraqis…. It tells everything.”

About the author

Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who has covered the Middle East for more than four years. Jamail writes for the Inter Press Service and many other outlets and is a regular guest on Democracy Now! His ongoing coverage of the occupation and soldier’s resistance can be read at: http://dahrjamailiraq.com/

Amy Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist and syndicated columnist, author and the host of Democracy Now! airing on more than 1,000 public television and radio stations in 35 countries. Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize' for "developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media." The Independent of London named Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! "an inspiration"; pulsemedia.org placed Goodman at the top of their 20 Top Global Media Figures. Goodman is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. Her latest book, Breaking the Sound Barrier, proves the power of independent journalism in the struggle for a better world. She co-authored the first three bestsellers, Standing Up to the Madness, Static, and The Exception to the Rulers, with her brother, journalist David Goodman. For more information about Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!, please visit democracynow.org.

Video

Dahr Jamail reads from his book on one of his most groundbreaking contributions: on the ground reportage from the siege of Fallujah:

Interview with Anthony Arnove during the March, 2008 Winter Soldier hearings near Washington, D.C. on the nature of the occupation, and Jamail’s forthcoming book (contains graphic images):

Reviews

“Jamail's conviction that telling the Iraqis' stories is a path to personal and perhaps national redemption provides his book with a focus, perspective and objective very different from the so-called "objectivity" of the "professional" journalist.”
—Truthout http://www.truthout.org/article/the-patriot-dahr-jamails-beyond-green-zone

“War boosters constantly talk about the presence of al-Qaeda in Iraq but Jamail explains the majority of the resistance to foreign occupation comes from ordinary Iraqis with no extremist links, determined to see their nation truly liberated. He meets many of them and acknowledges that although some initially welcomed the Americans they soon realized that Washington's true aims were subjugation of the country's people and resources.”
—Anthony Lowenstein, Sydney Morning Herald
Read the full review at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/beyond-the-green-zone/2007/12/14...

Price: $20.00
ISBN: 9781931859479
Published: 2007
Type: Hardcover
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