iraq war, 2003-

Examines the true cost of the Iraq War, including the replacement of military equipment and long-term care for thousands of wounded veterans, and investigates the cost of economic damage and lives in Iraq while also revealing how expensive items have been hidden from U.S. taxpayers.

The author presents a hypothetical indictment of President George Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell maintaining that Bush tricked the nation into war.

Draws on in-depth interviews with American soldiers to trace the history of the Iraq war from initial invasion to the present.

Presents the stories of twenty-five American veterans of the Iraq War, providing a variety of perspectives on the controversial conflict.

Explores how American soldiers are becoming anti-war activists after serving in the Iraq War and witnessing the violence and devastation of the war and how the American government has failed to control the situation.

Collects blog entries by more than forty American soldiers, written while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq or after returning home, and includes pieces by significant others and family members.

John Crawford, a Florida National Guardsman called up in autumn 2002, tells the story of his tour of duty in Iraq, a stint that was supposed to be three to six months but lasted over a year, discussing his experiences dealing with everything from supply inadequacies and command mismanagements to cleaning up dismembered people on the streets and other realities of the war.

Presents the findings of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which was formed in 2006 to examine the situation in Iraq and offer suggestions for the American military's future involvement in the region.

Reveals how the American government is using private teams of contractors, snipers, armies, and assassins in the War on Terror, discussing the role these private teams have played in the conflict in the Middle East over the last three years.

The author describes what it meant to her to be a woman soldier serving her country in a war zone, and shares the danger and death around her, interaction with the local people, and criticism against the inefficiencies and errors of the military.