{"product_id":"betrayed-paperback-9","title":"Betrayed - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on George Packer's account in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBetrayed \u003c\/i\u003eis a riveting and morally complex drama that explores in the Iraqis' own words the ways in which we have already abandoned them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMillions of Iraqis, spanning the country's religious and ethnic spectrum, welcomed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. But the mostly young men and women who embraced America's project so enthusiastically that they were prepared to risk their lives for it by aiding the U.S. forces constitute a small minority. On a cold, wet night in January 2007, George Packer met two such Iraqi men in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel, in central Baghdad to hear their story and those of other Iraqis working as translators and additional key personnel for the U.S. military and occupation authorities. They assumed that their perspective would be valuable to foreigners who knew little or nothing of Iraq. But instead of respect and gratitude, those who chose to help bridge the gap between the occupiers and the occupied were met with suspicion and hostility. They have been killed by insurgents and militias, ignored by U.S. officials, fired from their jobs without reason or recourse, and prevented from fleeing to the States for safety. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetrayed \u003c\/i\u003ehad its world premiere in January 2008, off-Broadway at the Culture Project.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Packer\u003c\/b\u003e is a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e, which received numerous prizes and was named one of the ten best books of 2005 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Half Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCentral Square\u003c\/i\u003e, and the works of nonfiction \u003ci\u003eThe Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, The Village of Waiting\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood of the Liberals\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. His play, \u003ci\u003eBetrayed\u003c\/i\u003e, ran in Manhattan for five months in 2008 and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. He lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8.28 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722289975359,"sku":"9780865479913","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/af63fd0e1b740b8f8da78f24fdc7f3d7.webp?v=1765095251","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/betrayed-paperback-9","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}