One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer … - George Packer

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Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.

George Packer

One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for President [Lindon] Johnson in Saigon. This book is about the inevitably of screwing up when a country takes on a war with so little understanding of the country they are fighting.

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