[J. Edward Tremlett]

Originally Posted by Jürgen Hubert

So far, I've read the "Babylon Rising" article. Interesting, but to make it really work I think I'd need a few comprehensive companion books on the Iraq Occupation and all the factions on both sides.

Can anyone give me some suggestions?

I always hit up Wikipedia and figure whatever sounds dodgy or boring can be changed.

I've heard good things about Charles Tripp's 'A History of Iraq' and Polk's "Understanding Iraq." Allawi's got a book out about how we screwed things up, but it's biased towards his side of things.