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IraqiGirl

diary of a teenage girl in Iraq
2009
Fifteen-year-old Hadiya reflects on family, friendship, and community while she blogs from her home in the city of Mosul, Iraq; and details it is like to live in a military occupied country between 2004 and 2009. Includes a time line.

Rock paper tiger

2010
When a chance encounter with a Muslim fugitive drops her down a rabbit hole of conspiracies, Ellie must decide whom to trust among the artists, dealers, collectors, and operatives claiming to be on her side.

Key figures of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

2016
This book describes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, including why they happened, who was involved, and the aftermath.

House to house

an epic memoir of war
2009
Presents Staff sergeant Bellavia's account of the fierce 2004 fighting in Fallujah, the heroic feats of the men in his unit, and the sacrifices made by them.

Blood, sweat and steel

frontline accounts from the Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq
2010
Provides eyewitness accounts from participants in the First Gulf War, 1990-91, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003-10, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, 2001-10, drawn from a cross section of nationalities and services.

The Iraq war

2008
Examines the key military and political decisions that have determined the course of the Iraq war, from President Bush's "Axis of Evil" declaration through negotiation, invasion, "Mission Accomplished" and beyond. Experts analyze the design of the war plan and the new technology used in combat such as the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, and Stryker combat vehicles. Frontline footage illuminates key events of the war, including the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch and the successful captures of the critical Karbala Gap and Baghdad Airport.

In an instant

a family's journey of love and healing
2008
Lee and Bob Woodruff share the story of their life together and tell of their experiences after Bob suffered critical head injury in an attack while covering the war in Iraq for ABC News.

The fighting 69th

one remarkable National Guard Unit's journey from Ground Zero to Baghdad
2007
Chronicles the transformation of New York City's famous National Guard regiment, the Fighting 69th Infantry, in the days following the September 11 terror attacks.

A journal for Jordan

a story of love and honor
2008
Dana Canedy shares the story of her relationship with her husband, Charles Monroe King, who was killed in Iraq on October 14, 2006, and includes selections from the two-hundred-page journal he wrote for his infant son after learning he was going to be deployed to Iraq.

Red flags

memoir of an Iraqi conscript trapped between enemy lines in the 2003 invasion of Iraq
2009
The author, writing under a pseudonym, describes his experiences after being forced to join Saddam Hussein's army to fight against America in 2003, argues that life for the Iraqi people is no better since the fall of the Baathist government, and tells of his life after leaving the military.

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