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When Emma Sky volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, she had little idea what she was getting in to. Her assignment was only supposed to last three months. She went on to serve there longer than any other senior military or diplomatic figure,…

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1 author picked The Unraveling as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book covers many of the topics my book is about, but from a perspective of serving in Iraq immediately after the Saddam Hussain defeat.

I know the author well, and she did a marvelous job laying the groundwork of Iraq’s challenges immediately after Saddam was captured, to where my book covers 8 years later at the U.S. Forces withdrawal.

I loved this book because the author did a great job capturing some very sensitive topics the U.S. forces faced early on in Iraq. The author also did a great job describing herself as an independent advisor who earned and…

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