Dexter Filkins - Iraq Invasion Opened Gates of an Asylumbr Los Angeles Public Library - Los Angeles Public Librarybr Two pre-eminent war correspondents offer a visceral understanding of America's overseas involvement -- from the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the heat of the battle in Iraq, from Marine battalions in Ramadi to ordinary Iraqis whose voices have remained eerily silent - ALOUD at the Los Angeles Public Library