“The Unraveling High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq” is a story about building the nation of Iraq after the authoritarian Saddam regime. It is a story of the suffering of normal people, the sacrifice of men and women in uniform, and failure of the US diplomacy in Iraq. The Unraveling illustrates the amount of destruction done by power-hungry politicians and external evil actors for their advantages. In this book, Author Emma Sky explains how “the US took the risky gamble of betting on Nur al Maliki, in the mistaken belief.” Sky describes her three significant roles in this book, first as an ordinary person, not involved in any decision making process. Second, as a member of The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and political advisor