iraq war, 2003-

Tells the story of Bryan Buckley and Colby Umbrell, captains of rival high school football teams in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, who enlisted in the military after graduation and were sent to fight in the Middle East--Colby as an Army Ranger and Bryan as a Marine, and discusses how their families and the entire town were affected when only one of them survived.

Firsthand accounts of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from decorated soldiers of all branches of the military capture front-line stories of combat, courage under fire, and heroism on the battlefield.

Collects the October 2004-March 2006 Web log--or "blog"--entries of a young Iraqi woman, who presents an eyewitness civilian account of the U.S.-Iraq War's impact on her country, discussing her family life, the war's effect on women's lives, and such events as the kidnapping of reporter Jill Carroll.

An account of post-conflict Iraq by the man who governed Wasit Province in southern Iraq on behalf of the Coalition. Describes the problems of poverty, social paralysis, and lawlessness. Discusses the insurgency that culminated in a sixteen-hour firefight.