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The Hero and the Victim situates Iraq War fiction in war literature’s broader history. In contrast to the emphasis of most pre-modern war literature on the figure of the warrior-as-hero, and the growing modern emphasis on the figure of the soldier-as-victim, Iraq War fiction reflects the troubled emergence of a new narrative: the story of the ordinary soldier as a wrongdoer or even criminal.

$2.99 only for the 4th of July Holiday! "It doesn’t take long for me to realize that my worst day at home is nothing compared to my best day here. I keep telling myself that I made a big mistake by joining the USMC, but it’s too damn late! I’m here now, and so I’m just going to have to make the most of it." Richard Oliver is a single father at the end of his rope. Financially strapped, stressed out, and emotionally broken, he seeks a way out of his situation. With few options available, he enlists in the Marines to give his son a better life, believing that he will never get the ...

For more than 15 years, award-winning journalist Sophie McNeill has reported on some of the most war-ravaged and oppressive places on earth, including Syria, Gaza, Yemen, West Bank and Iraq. In We Can't Say We Didn't Know, Sophie tells the human stories of devastation and hope behind the headlines—of children, families and refugees, of valiant doctors, steadfast dissidents and Saudi women seeking asylum. These innocent civilians bear the brunt of the lawlessness of the current age of impunity, where war crimes go unpunished and human rights are abused.

Da Koreakrigen udbryder i 1950, flokkes alverdens krigskorrespondenter til landet for at rapportere om grusomhederne. Den danske forfatter, læge og eventyrer Aage Krarup Nielsen tager dertil for at se krigen fra et andet synspunkt. Han har rejst meget i Asien og kender lokalbefolkningen. Han røres dybt af koreanernes sorger og krigens rædsler, men også af de amerikanske soldaters omsorg for de tusindvis af forældreløse børn, der flakker omkring i ruinerne.

In a grisly nightmare war scenario, Rory tells the story of a new recruit who has been shipped out to an operational airbase on the eve of The War on Iraq in 2003. The new recruit suffers nightmares and questions himself over the validity of such a war. After his first stint in the field of battle, he embarks on a hellish journey into the underworld where he encounters soldiers in many kinds of uniforms, from many battles that have been fought over the ages, who are inflicted with terrible wounds and enduring great suffering.

Tony Blair's decision to back George W. Bush in his attack on Iraq will go down as a defining moment for Blair - and for Britain. As Ambassador to the UN, Sir Jeremy Greenstock was centre stage in the dramatic months leading up to the Iraq War. After the war he was Special Envoy for Iraq, the UK's highest authority on the ground, and he worked side by side with Paul Bremer, the US administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority, in Baghdad and saw firsthand the impact of the divisive turf wars back in Washington.

Die Irrtümer des Kreuzzugs gegen den Terror. Todenhöfer ist ein bekennender Freund der USA und kein Pazifist, aber er empört sich über das unvorstellbare Leid, das ein Krieg gegen den Irak besonders über dessen Kinder bringen wird, die ohnehin seit Jahren schon die schwächsten Opfer der UN-Sanktionen sind. Er ist außerdem überzeugt, dass gegen Terror eines bestimmt nicht hilft: Krieg. Vielmehr hält er den Krieg gegen den Irak für völkerrechtswidrig, kontraproduktiv und unnötig.

Filled with delicious, original cookie recipes, 52 Weeks of Cookies recounts a mom's unique method of coping during her son's deployment. With plenty of sugar cookies but no sugarcoating, 52 Weeks of Cookies is an honest, uplifting story of family love during a crisis, with all the fear, grief, laughter, gratitude, and joy that comes with it.

Patti, the mother of Army medic Jon, and Jennifer, sister of infantry soldier James, forge a dear and lifelong friendship as their soldiers fight to stay alive in one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq. The story begins separately with the Patti and Jennifer's recollections of the day their soldiers deployed to Iraq from Ft. Lewis, Washington. As the book progresses, their separate stories of Army life grow together as their soldier's deployment continues.

Called by New York Times columnist David Brooks the "smartest and most devastating" critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policies, Peter W. Galbraith was the earliest expert to describe Iraq's breakup into religious and ethnic entities, a reality that is now commonly accepted.

Christopher Meyer was Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003, during which time he was an eyewitness to and participant in the events following 9/11 and the preparations for the Iraq war. Never before has there been such a riveting and candid memoir of life behind the diplomatic scenes. Meyer's is an honest account of what he saw, what he heard, and how he felt.

In 2011, amid the popular uprising against Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the government sought in vain to shut down the Internet-based social networks of its people. WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange has been branded "public enemy number one" by some in the United States for posting material on the World Wide Web that concerns airstrikes in Iraq, US diplomatic communications, and other sensitive matters.

In April 2004, an illegally leaked U.S. Army report thrust CACI, an information technology company, into the international spotlight by casting suspicion on a CACI employee for being "either directly or indirectly responsible" for the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. At the same time, pictures from the abuses were shown on national television and tarnished anyone associated with Abu Ghraib - including CACI. What ensued was a media frenzy rarely seen by any company in recent decades.

After the successful missions to prevent the Sarin attacks in Tel Aviv, London and New York, the bravo Eight Three team have now settled down into normal missions within Iraq. With the onset of a New Year brings the onset of new terror attacks within Iraq, car bombs and suicide bombings are now taking over and creating daily hazards for all personal on the ground. At the same time, the American Presidential election campaigns are now kicking off and there is now pressure on all of us to contain any kind of large attacks or threats that may upset the election campaigns. We are still awaiting...

In the aftermath of more than seven decades of U.S. interventions in the Middle East, the region remains a complex web of proxy wars, fragile alliances, and entrenched conflicts. From the covert operations that toppled Iran’s Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953, to the ill-fated invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East has been marked by a recurring pattern of short-term victories at the cost of long-term stability. Yet, time and again, the United States has engaged in conflicts driven by a mixture of geopolitical ...

ISIS Dusk follows the SAS's final push along with other Special Forces to remove ISIS from Iraq. Working with Iraqi and Kurdish forces as well as other special forces teams such as Delta Force. The SAS has been involved in a fierce and bitter battle against a tenacious enemy who have used tactics and doctrine not too dissimilar to the Taliban and al- Qaeda. Taking it to a new level of terror and oppression, planning a plethora of horrific attacks on the western world some of which have been successful. Some of the SAS operations have been performed at the last minute in an attempt to rescue...

In a grisly nightmare war scenario Rory tells the story of a new recruit who has been shipped out to an operational airbase on the eve of The War on Iraq in 2003. The new recruit suffers nightmares and questions himself over the validity of such a war. After his first stint in the field of battle he embarks on a hellish journey into the underworld where he encounters soldiers in many kinds of uniforms, from many battles that have been fought over the ages, who are inflicted with terrible wounds and enduring great suffering. He encounters those who have taken "The Devil's Shilling." and ...

Algumas guerras mudaram o curso da História. Este livro, encomendado a historiadores, sociólogos, geógrafos e jornalistas brasileiros, dá conta de quinze momentos-chave em que as armas substituíram a política (ou foram sua extensão, como queria Clausewitz) e decidiram o futuro da humanidade. Textos elucidativos, cuidadosamente pesquisados e escritos com clareza farão com que este se torne um livro de leitura obrigatória, obra de referência na área.

This is the untold story about one of the most debated yet misunderstood conflicts in modern history. Danbaghdad isn’t just another book of war stories, although it does include accounts of raids with Special Forces, riding on Route Irish, “corkscrew” landings in the back of a C-130, frequent rocket and mortar attacks, sniper fire, and improvised explosive devices. It also reveals what you never knew about Iraq, such as the numerous events leading up to the invasion or if weapons of mass destruction were found. Original journal entries, augmented with extensive historical research, ...

Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison. It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have...