Kuwait City

  • Intro
  • McArabia
  • Petroleum Culture, Part One
  • "You Will Call On Us"
  • The Vikings of the Dunes
  • Stuck in Paper, Part One
  • "The Bad Man You Know Is Better Than The Good Man You Do Not."
  • Petroleum Culture, Part Two
  • Stuck in Paper, Part Two
  • Automatic Synthesis, Part One
  • Stuck in Paper, Part Three
  • The Kuwaiti Cocktail
  • Stuck in Paper, Part Four
  • Automatic Synthesis, Part Two
  • Stuck in Paper, Part Five
  • American Castes, Hand-Helds And Sales Threats
  • Two Bitches on The Beach
  • Stuck in Paper, Part Six
  • The Night Before Basra

    BASRA, IRAQ

  • $100,000
  • Offal in The Office Of Public Safety
  • Functional Art
  • "The Devil Himself"
  • Justice
  • In Which Diwans and Amsars Are Established
  • Local News
  • Sad

    NASIRIYAH, IRAQ

  • Mohammed Sells 7-Up
  • In Which British Major General Maude, After Capturing Baghdad In, 1917, Declares,
    "Our Armies Do Not Come Into Your Cities And Lands As Conquerors Or Enemies, But As Liberators."
  • "I Am An Optimist"
  • In Which Bechtel Pays Honor To America’s Tribute

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ

  • In Which Authority Has An Authorial Conflict
  • The Information Factory
  • "Media Is An American Tool Now."
  • In Which The English Equation Finds An American Analogy
  • Neighborhood Watch
  • Dinner
  • Open Sesame
  • Lacerations
  • Reason, Necessity, And My Own Early Death (
  • Carpe Mortem?)
  • The Backyard Stove
  • The Woman Across The Street
  • "Cultural Imperialism"
  • In Which Iraq Installs Electronic Borders -- The Satellite Televisions And The Looters’ Markets
  • The Looter’s Market
  • "We Want Them To See Us Like They See Themselves."
  • Werewolves
  • Cool Freedom
  • Hitching Back

    SAN FRANCISCO

  • When In Rome
  • Epilogue