Formal Paper Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone is a publication by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. The 2006 release illustrates the civilian leadership during the reconstruction of Iraq after the end of the American invasion. In the book, Chandrasekaran explains the development, management, and the challenges that the leadership of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) experiences. The CPA program intended to facilitate civilian administration in Iraq and to address the increasing threats of insurgency in the country. The book offers a bureaucratic explanation about the first year after the American forces overthrew the administration of Saddam Hussein. During this period, the American army was the legal occupying authority that was responsible for the administration of Iraq. There was the need to establish the CPA within the Baghdad palace to facilitate the administration activities.