Head to https://brilliant.org/TheIntelReport/ for a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription! The late-National Public Radio, or NPR correspondent Anne Garrels was in Baghdad before, during and after the Coalition invasion and her book Naked in Baghdad gives remarkable insight into Iraq’s descent into war. This episode is a look into the mood in Iraq’s capital before the invasion and the first days of the Iraq War as told by Garrels from the city. Source List: Garrels, Anne, and Vint Lawrence. Naked in Baghdad. Waterville, Me.: Wheeler Publishing , 2004. Gordon, Michael, and Bernard E. Trainor. Cobra 2.: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. London, UK: Atlantic Books, 2007. Ricks, Thomas E. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2007.