Place_Pub: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. 417, illus., map, index, sticker residue inside front flyleaf. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. [12], 417, [3] pages. Illustrations. Map. Index. Inscribed by the author on the title page. The inscription reads To Jeff with my deep appreciation for your great service to our country. L. Paul Bremer 1/13/06. The author was America's proconsul in Iraq in the fourteen months following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is a retired American diplomat. He was the second de facto chief civilian administrator of Iraq as leader of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004. He joined the Foreign Service, which sent him to Kabul, Afghanistan, as a general services officer. Bremer held various domestic posts with the U.S. State Department, including one as an assistant to Kissinger from 1972 to 1976. He was with Kissinger on shuttle diplomacy missions to Israel, Syria, and Egypt to resolve the Yom Kippur War in 1973. More