A look behind the walls of America's occupation force in Baghdad.

National book award finalist.

Map of the Green Zone --xi -- Part 1 Building the Bubble -- 1 Versailles on the Tigris -- 9 -- 2 A Deer in the Headlights -- 26 -- 3 You're in Charge! -- 40 -- 4 Control Freak -- 58 -- 5 Who Are These People? -- 83 -- 6 We Need to Rethink This -- 102 -- 7 Bring a Duffel Bag -- 128 -- 8 A Yearning for Old Times -- 148 -- Part 2 Shattered Dreams -- 9 Let This Be Over -- 173 -- 10 Plan Unravels -- 185 -- 11 A Fool's Errand -- 209 -- 12 We Cannot Continue Like This -- 223 -- 13 Missed Opportunities -- 234 -- 14 Breaking the Rules -- 251 -- 15 Crazy, If Not Suicidal -- 260 -- 16 A Lot Left to Be Done -- 280.