Paul Bremer's Tale about Iraq

Paul Bremer, the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, has written a memoir about his time in Iraq. At the bottom of this post I'll provide a link where you can read an excerpt from his book.

Terry Gross of NPR:

Two surprises awaited Paul Bremer when he arrived in Iraq: that the country's chaos made it ripe for insurgency; and that the U.S. government would withhold additional troops.

Those revelations are in Bremer's new memoir, My Year in Iraq. As the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Bremer was the highest authority figure in the country.

But in dealing with the United States, Bremer said he had difficulty in getting answers from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Bremer became the top U.S. official in Iraq on May 6, 2003; he handed over his powers and returned to the United States on June 28, 2004.

A graduate of Yale and Harvard universities, Bremer worked in the State Department for 23 years. He also served as President Reagan’s ambassador at large for counter-terrorism.

Click here for the full article plus an excerpt from Paul Bremer's memoir, My Year in Iraq:
Bremer's Tale: The Top American in Iraq

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