Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran and The Occupation of Iraq by Ali A Allawi are two very different books on Iraq that point to the same grim conclusion, writes Oliver Miles
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
356pp, Bloomsbury, £12.99
The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
by Ali A Allawi
518pp, Yale, £18.99