Spoils easy rawlins LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins

LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins is conducting his own research into the case

and unexpected revelations

" Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones

Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor

he seeks out the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent

Spoils easy rawlins LA Times reporter Ben HawkinsIt is April 2003. American forces have taken Baghdad and are now charged with winning hearts and minds. But this vital tipping point is barely recognized for what it is, as a series of miscalculations and blunders fuels an already simmering insurgency intent on making Iraq the next graveyard of empires. In dazzling and propulsive prose, Brian Van Reet explores the lives on both sides of the battle lines: Cassandra, a nineteen year old gunner on an