If you're at all interested in how the early formation of the C.P.A. worked, I strongly recommend the book I'm reading right now, The Assassin's Gate. It's a well-sourced and deeply depressing read.

Christopher Hitchens (one of the pillars of modern conservatism) wrote of the book: "The Iraq debate has long needed someone who is both tough-minded enough, and sufficiently sensitive, to register all its complexities. In George Packer's work, this need is answered."

So let's not get the usual "oh that's just liberal propaganda," as we seem to hear anytime someone tries to do an in-depth look at our policies that doesn't begin and end as a total endorsement of the President.