Brian Steed

Voices of the Iraq War

Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life
Herausgeber: Steed, Brian

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Produktbeschreibung

The Iraq War (2003-2011) was the most significant conflict in the early 21st century. This book examines the ongoing importance of this war for the Middle East and the world today through first-person accounts of the war and primary source documents. Voices of the Iraq War: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life illuminates the complex and poorly reported realities of the conflict that those without direct experience cannot possibly fathom, presenting detailed personal accounts of what the conflict in Iraq was like across multiple disciplines and through a variety of viewpoints. The accounts are based on interviews with American, Iraqi-American, and British officers who deployed and fought throughout the country of Iraq. The book begins with the story of an Iraqi boy who flees Iraq with his family after Desert Storm and then returns to Iraq as a translator to assist U.S. forces nearly 16 years later. The book is filled with personal accounts of combat and training as well as other real-world experiences that define what the Iraq War meant to thousands of U.S. and allied service members. These personal accounts are supported with national level policy speeches and official statements that help readers put the individual stories and events in national, regional, and global perspective. The book concludes by examining the impact of this war on thousands of young men and women that will last for decades to come.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1088g
• ISBN-13: 9781440836749
• ISBN-10: 1440836744
• Artikelnr.: 42856128

Autorenporträt

Brian L. Steed is a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a military history instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College as well as a Middle East foreign area officer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents
Chronology of the Iraq War Documents of the Iraq War Before the War 1. A
Translator's Journey: Mohamed al-Shara on Leaving Iraq 2. Congressional
Resolution Supporting Use of Force against Iraq, October 16, 2002 3. State
of the Union Address, January 28, 2003 The Invasion of Iraq: Operation
Iraqi Freedom 4. Brigade Commander and the Invasion: David Perkins 5. Corps
Staff and the Invasion: Russell Thadden and Stephen Hicks 6. British
Perspective in Basra: Johnny Austin 7. The Close and Chaotic Fight for
Invasion: David A. Miles 8. Medal of Honor: Paul R. Smith, April 4, 2003 9.
Mission Accomplished: President Bush's Remarks to the Crew of the USS
Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003 The Occupation (2003-2005) 10. Disbanding the
Army: Coalition Provisional Authority Number 2, May 23, 2003 11. Iraqi
Advisor to U.S. Military Personnel: Nasier Abadi 12. A Journalist's
Perspective on Combat: Ann Barnard 13. Abu Ghraib, A Guard's Perspective:
Samuel J. Provance 14. The Battle of Fallujah from a USMC Information
Operations Perspective: Andy Dietz 15. A Journalist's Perspective on Combat
(2): Ann Barnard 16. Counterinsurgency from the Ground: John Nagl 17.
Perspective from the Commander of Multi-National Forces-Iraq: George Casey
18. Iraqi Constitution: Preamble and Basic Rights, October 15, 2005
Insurgency Grows or Civil War (2005-2006) 19. Noncommissioned Officer and
the Close Fight: Hans Hull 20. British Perspective in Basra (2): Johnny
Austin 21. Iraqi Advisor to U.S. Military Personnel (2): Nasier Abadi 22.
Training the Iraqi Security Forces: David Petraeus 23. Perspectives on the
Insurgency: Dan Darling 24. Contractors in War-Blackwater: Erik Prince 25.
Political Efforts: George W. Bush and Nuri al-Maliki The Surge and Beyond
(2006-2009) 26. Field Manual 3-24: Counterinsurgency, 2006 27. Telafar, the
Example for Counterinsurgency: Paul Yingling 28. Counter-IED: Brian Huskey
29. Congressional Testimony: David Petraeus, September 10, 2007 30.
Military Transition Team Advising the Iraqi Security Forces: Mark Hull 31.
British Perspective in Basra (3): Stephen Campbell 32. Brigade Commander in
Sadr City: John Hort 33. Status of Forces Agreement, November 17, 2008 A
New Administration and Withdrawal: Operation New Dawn (2009-2011) 34. A New
Policy: Barack Obama 35. Confusion in Language: Mohamed al-Shara 36.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Drones: Albert Scaperotto 37. End of Combat
Operations: Barack Obama 38. Defense Secretary at the End: Leon Panetta
Impact 39. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Ashley Pullen 40. Sexual
Assaults: Kirsten Gillibrand 41. WikiLeaks: John Conyers Jr., and Louie
Gohmert Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Important Individuals
Mentioned in the Text Appendix 2: Glossary of Terms Mentioned in the Text
Bibliography Index