postwar reconstruction

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.

A collection of twenty-four essays that provides varying perspectives on issues related to Afghanistan, discussing the military situation, the status of human rights, progress toward democracy, and the economy.

An analysis of threats to the security of the Afghan people while the Taliban and al Qaeda remain a problem, covering social issues, women's rights, livelihoods, natural resources, labor, income, international humanitarian aid, and traditional, formal, and customary systems of justice in the region.

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.

Ambassador L. Paul "Jerry" Bremer recounts the experiences he had during his fourteen-month stay as America's proconsul in Iraq, revealing the struggles between the Iraqi people and government in the months following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Peter Eichstaedt shares conversations he had with everyday people of Afghanistan during his time spent in Kabul in 2010.

Explores the development of the United States from 1865 to 1890, focusing on the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War, and the movements of reform, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization.

Examines the war on Iraq and the post-war rebuilding process that poses a difficult challenge for U.S.-led coalition forces including problems like looting and sabotage, a growing Iraqi insurgency, and the continued attack on American troops, construction workers, and humanitarian personnel.

Raviv Chandrasekaran, takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. Ignoring what Iraqis say they want or need, the team pursues irrelevant neoconservative solutions and pie-in-the-sky policies instead of rebuilding looted buildings and restoring electricity. Their almost comic initiatives anger the locals and fuel the insurgency.