A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq

Canadian journalist Paul William Roberts, who covered the Middle East for decades and was one of the few Westerners to have interviewed Saddam Hussein, was in Baghdad in March 2003 when the U.S.-led "shock and awe" bombing began. This is his first-hand account of the invasion and its aftermath: he witnesses the bombardment and its toll on Iraqi friends, escapes to Jordan, then returns behind the advancing American army to a country in chaos, where he meets looters selling antiquities, tracks down Tariq Aziz in hiding and is questioned by U.S. intelligence. Woven through the reporting is a concise history of the region and a fierce, openly partisan critique of the war and the Bush administration's case for it. Shortlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Published by Raincoast Books, 2004. 366 pages.

Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket. Used, in like-new condition apart from minor scuffing on the dust jacket.