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My War: Killing Time in Iraq 82 reviews Colby Buzzell
Berkley Trade, 2006
one unvarnished view
+ Honest, Down To Earth Account - A MUST Read + My view....of My War.....
besides being cute as hell, colby buzzell is a hell of a writer. i'm anti-war, and i found this a fascinating tour through some of the many realities of what's happening in iraq.
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Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom 2 reviews Mohammed M. Hafez
United States Institute of Peace Press, 2007
Absolute "must-read" for anyone concerned about the future of Iraq.
+ Excellent, readable, accurate analysis of Iraq
Professor of political science Mohammed M. Hafez presents Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom, a scholarly evaluation of the all-too-real cruelty and tragedy of suicide bombing in Iraq. Suicide bombings in Iraq appear to be perpetrated largely by non-Iraqi volunteers ...
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005 307 reviews Thomas E. Ricks
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
A Superb Read
+ Fiasco + view from inside the military + The Most Relevant Book about the U.S. Invasion of Iraq + Fiasco
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Courage After Fire: Coping Strategies for Troops Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and Their Families 13 reviews Keith Armstrong, Suzanne Best, ...
Ulysses Press, 2005
Compelling and pragmatic
+ Down Range: To Iraq and Back + 2 tours and it nearly killed me + Great Book
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9/11 Synthetic Terror: Made in USA, Fourth Edition 61 reviews Webster Griffin Tarpley
Progressive Press, 2007
America awaken from your ignorance!
+ THIS SERIOUS WORK IS NOT FOR SIMPLETONS + The "Simon Cowell" of political critics + Must for who wants to avoid an atomic world war
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Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles 414 reviews Anthony Swofford
Scribner, 2005
its the truth
personally, i like the fact he admits to not enjoying the corp, he told the truth, instead of writing a book about how much he was toughest guy in the world and he loved everyday of the corp, he admitted to fear and hate.he curses non stop in the book, but it is written by a marine. he's a real ...
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Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War 11 reviews Dina Rasor, Robert Bauman
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
Should be entitled Blood Money 2
+ Tremendous reporting
The book "Blood Money," one I reviewed for [...] some time ago, by T. Christian Miller, laid out some of the same items this book catalogs. Indeed, this book's authors quote Blood Money at least once. Indeed, they quote from an organization the hierarchy of which I met where I purchased "Blood ...
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The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace 33 reviews Ali A. Allawi
Yale University Press, 2007
Excellent history of the Iraq war
+ best book there is on Iraq + An Iraqi Account of the War + An Iraqi perspective + book:The Occupation Of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace
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We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah 43 reviews Patrick K. O'Donnell
Da Capo Press, 2006
Book about Marines
+ Solid accounting of the battle for Fallujah + Fine book, moving tribute + OUTSTANDING
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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq 24 reviews Kirsten Holmstedt
Stackpole Books, 2007
response to April 6 review by Patricia
+ A MASTERFUL JOB
I was wondering how you could say the women in this book don't show "heroic temperament"? Do you know what a hero is? Sorry, but John Wayne characters don't exist in real life. Heroes are these women ... the first black female combat pilot in the marines, who strikes a target to save several of our ...
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Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families 21 reviews
Random House, 2006
Crying, laughing, both at the same time
+ Operation Homecoming + *Tissue alert* + Nothing has been closer to home for me + AN IMPORTANT BOOK
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The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family 65 reviews Martha Raddatz
Putnam Adult, 2007
The Long Road Home
+ Extremely Relevant Story, Mostly Well Told + Must read in this election year + Good Book + Will make you feel like you are there!
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War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror 23 reviews Robert "Buzz" Patterson
Crown Forum, 2007
A compelling statement of fact against the left-wing's campaign to destroy the US military
+ Shocking Book, Really Opened My Eyes - + War Crimes
This is a very, very angry book. You can feel LTC Patterson's righteous anger as he sounds off on one after another of the left-wing's acts against the United States, its citizens, its troops and often its Constitution.
Patterson uses one fact after another to build his thesis: that the ...
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The Life Of A Soldier 1 review G., W. Grant
Lulu.com, 2007
Sharp & Strong - Don't Miss It!
G W Grant's solo debut has it all! This is an action packed novel that grabs you on page one and doesn't let go. The reader will find exquisite gems of insight in this original work. Comprised of 252 pages, this is an informative, no nonsense read that leaves you wishing to pick-up a sequel ...
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Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq 31 reviews Riverbend
The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2005
Too bad prowar Americans will be too proud to read this
+ Life interrupted . . . + Great blog + A Valuable Window Into Iraq
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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava 114 reviews Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth
The Lyons Press, 2006
Love and War
+ The Horror of war creeps on you, and yet, touched by hope + Nice story about a man and his dog, but not written very well. + Dogs and Children
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East 128 reviews Robert Fisk
Vintage, 2007
Easily one of the best books I've ever read
+ well worth the weight + Long read + Brilliant but lengthy treatise on how the Middle East "situation" came to be + Get this book
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Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror 40 reviews Robert Young Pelton
Crown, 2006
balanced coverage without political biases
+ RAGINGLY RABID! + A genuinely fascinating book! + Great book! + Outstanding read
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The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End 58 reviews Peter W. Galbraith
Simon & Schuster, 2007
"War remains the decisive human failure."
+ Knowledgable book on Iraq + If interested in truly understanding situation, a very worthwhile read + The End of Iraq by Peter Galbraith
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Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror 40 reviews Robert Young Pelton
Crown, 2006
balanced coverage without political biases
+ RAGINGLY RABID! + A genuinely fascinating book! + Great book! + Outstanding read
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