iraq war, 2003-

With her mother stationed in Iraq as an Army nurse, Vanderbilt University student Arden Vogel, whose father was killed in a traffic accident a few years earlier, impulsively ends up on a tour of Europe with a group of college girls she meets on her way to attend to some family business in Sardinia.

Ilario Pantano recounts the experiences he had fighting in Iraq in 2004, focusing on his battle to prove his innocence when one of his own men accused him of unjustly killing two Iraqi insurgents.

American journalist Anthony Shadid examines the lives of ordinary Iraqi citizens since the American invasion in 2003. Draws on Iraqi history and travels throughout the Arab world to provide a broad perspective on Iraq and the effects of the invasion and the fall of Saddam. Also examines the lives of individuals such as a poor widow, a Baghdad psychiatrist, and an artist.

Chronicles the events of an April 2004 surprise attack on American troops in Sadr City, Iraq; and provides personal accounts of soldiers in battle and their families and friends waiting for news at home.

Draws on secret documents, interviews, and military reports to offer a comprehensive chronology of America's invasion and occupation of Iraq and includes a detailed account of how Saddam Hussein and his high command developed their own war strategy.

The author describes the two months he spent with the twenty-three marines of First Recon, the first platoon in the ambush spots from the invasion of Iraq until the fall of Baghdad, beginning March 20, 2003, and examines the physical, emotional, moral, and spiritual challenges of men trained to kill.

Provides key facts about the Iraq War and chronicles the course of the conflict through photographs and stories reported in Scholastic magazines.

Explores the decade-long war being waged by America against al-Qaeda forces begun in Iran and continuing into Afghanistan and Pakistan. Highlights the conflict's successes and failures and spotlights the major events that have shaped this war and the impact it has had on international politics. Includes chapter notes, maps, black-and-white photos, and an index.

Scott McClellan, former press spokesman for Texas governor George W. Bush, offers an inside look at Bush's presidential campaign and at his first years in the White House, where he witnessed the events that took the president on a drastically different course during his administration.