Books About The Iraq War
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recommend book⇒Behind the War on Terror: Western Secret Strategy and the Struggle for Iraq | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-86571-506-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-86571-506-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | New Society Publishers | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2003-09-01 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | |||||||||||||||||
| Ahmed is a British history scholar who uses official sources to prove his startling assertions. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒A Pretext for War : 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-4000-3034-X | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-1-4000-3034-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Anchor | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-05-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | James Bamford | |||||||||||||||||
| Analysis of the floundering of the intelligence community — the C.I.A., N.S.A. and Defense Department. He says they are all incompetent and politicised. A Defense Department intelligence unit was set up to tout trumped-up evidence against Saddam, which CIA analysts were pressured into endorsing. Read an interview with the author. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒The Puzzle Palace : Inside America’s Most Secret Intelligence Organization | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-14-006748-5 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-14-006748-4 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Penguin | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 1983-09-29 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | James Bamford | |||||||||||||||||
| History of the NSA (National Security Agency) from day 1. The author participated in PBS’s documentory on Dick Cheney. “If this government ever became a tyranny … the technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government … is within the reach of the government to know.” ~ Frank Church, senator | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Disarming Iraq | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-375-42302-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-375-42302-4 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Pantheon | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2004-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Hans Blix | |||||||||||||||||
| Hans Blix was the Swede who lead the U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq in 2000. Saddam’s removal “was neither the avowed aim nor the justification given” for the war — WMDs were the issue. Therefore, he believes the invasion was unnecessary and possibly counterproductive in the long run and is disappointed that they were not given enough time to complete their task. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-465-02726-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-465-02726-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Basic | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 1998-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Zbigniew Brzezinski | |||||||||||||||||
| Brzezinski was the conservative military advisor to presidents both Democrat and Republican. The book explains America’s military plan to dominate the world to control the remaining oil reserves. Brzezinski has since announced that the USA should withdraw from Iraq. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-7432-8457-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-7432-8457-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Simon & Schuster | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-11-01 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Jimmy Carter | |||||||||||||||||
| A broad brush attack on the Bush administration’s immoral polities, including forging evidence of WMDs to trick America into war. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq: The Experts Speak | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-4165-6993-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-1-4165-6993-0 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Simon & Schuster | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2008-03-25 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Christopher Cerf and Victor S. Navasky | |||||||||||||||||
| This is satirical book about all the disinformation the Bush administration spewed to justify the Iraq war and its protracted length. This could be thought of as a sequel to their earlier book The Experts Speak : The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation. Cerf is the son of the famous essayist and Random House founder, Bennett Cerf. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Failed States : The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-8050-8284-0 | 0-8050-7912-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-8050-8284-5 | 978-0-8050-7912-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2006-04-04 | ||||||||||||||||||
| by: | Noam Chomsky | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Hegemony or Survival : America’s Quest for Global Dominance | ||||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-8050-7688-3 | 0-8050-7400-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-8050-7688-2 | 978-0-8050-7400-0 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Holt Paperbacks | ||||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2004-08-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
| by: | Noam Chomsky | ||||||||||||||||||
| This is about hypocrisy, primarily American, over the decades, pretending to be acting out of humanitarian motives while mass butchering for relatively minor self interests. It is a bit a shock how the USA bullies the world quite shamelessly. It is also a bit of a shock how ridiculously paranoid the American administration is. The USA often retaliates, not out of threat, but merely to punish lack of sufficient subservience. It is a book you have to read in small bits so not to get too depressed. Consider though, that the world of international relations has always been thus. All you are doing is seeing it with the cloak of respectability removed. Nothing has actually changed — just your understanding. Also available in audio CD, e-book and audio download. | |||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Imperial Ambitions : Conversations on the Post-9/11 World [American Empire Project] | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-8050-7967-X | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-8050-7967-8 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Metropolitan | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-09-15 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian | |||||||||||||||||
| As usual this book has the right spitting angry, spouting ad hominems, but not a word to counter a thing Chomsky says. It covers American imperialism from Kosovo to Iraq. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Ten Reasons Against War with Iraq | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-85984-501-0 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-1-85984-501-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | W. W. Norton | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2002-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Milan Rai, With Noam Chomsky | |||||||||||||||||
| War Plan Iraq brings together the arguments that can shake George W. Bush and Prime Minister Blair’s determination to start an illegal war with Iraq. Despite Washington’s claims that the only options are inaction or invasion and that "inaction is not an option," War Plan Iraq demonstrates that inspection is an option, and that inspection and monitoring are the only way to ensure real disarmament in Iraq. For the Bush Administration, UN weapons inspectors are an obstacle to war; they are part of the problem, not part of the solution. War Plan Iraq uncovers Washington’s hidden role in the collapse of the first UN weapons inspection agency, UNSCOM, and the paralysis of UNSCOM’s successor, UNMOVIC. Based on the popular ARROW Anti-War briefings, War Plan Iraq rigorously dissects official propaganda and exposes government lies. Milan Rai demonstrates that Bush’s claims to change the regime in Iraq, despite intentions to impose another Sunni general to replace Saddam Hussein, are not in fact a regime change, but a leadership change. He also shows that the war would be in violation of international law; that there is no hard evidence that Iraq possesses any weapons of mass destruction; that there is no substantiated connection between the government of Iraq, September 11th, and the al Qaeda network; that the proposed war carries a high risk of triggering a humanitarian disaster in Iraq, especially for the Kurds of northern Iraq; and that the war could precipitate a world recession with dire consequences for the world’s poor. Iraq’s neighbors, the ones most at risk from Iraq’s weapons, are against the proposed war, as are top military professionals in Britain and the US, many international organizations and countries around the world, and a great majority of people in the US and the UK. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-85984-258-5 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-1-85984-258-4 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Verso | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 1999-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair | |||||||||||||||||
| It chronicles of the US intellgence agencies’ ties to drug runners, stretching from World War 2 through the Contra Wars and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Taliban had all but wiped out the opium trade. Under US control, it exploded to 92% of the world’s supply. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Curveball, spies lies and the con man who caused a war | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-4000-6583-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-1-4000-6583-7 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Random House | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2007-10-16 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Bob Drogin | |||||||||||||||||
| The only evidence Bush had that Iraq had WMDs was from an alcoholic that the CIA had never even interviewed. They did not even know his name. They referred to him as Curveball. Germans passed on some of his tall tales with the warning there was no corroboration for any of it. Bush used this as his excuse to invade Iraq and kill hundreds of thousands of people. Of course he kept on killing even after no WMDs were found, so we know it was just an excuse. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒After Iraq: Anarchy and Renewal in the Middle East | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-312-37845-9 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-312-37845-5 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Thomas Dunne | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2008-02-19 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gwynne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
| Dyer’s fourth book on the Iraq war, focussing on what will likely happen after the war winds down. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Future: Tense, The Coming World Order | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-7710-2978-0 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-7710-2978-3 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | McClelland & Stewart | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2004-11-02 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gwynne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
| Understanding what Bush is up to with his Iraq war. Also an overview of the economic collapse of America. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒Ignorant Armies : Sliding into War in Iraq | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-7710-2977-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-7710-2977-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | McClelland & Stewart | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2003-03-05 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gywnne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
Dyer’s first book on the Iraq war. And here we are as on a darkling plainWritten just prior to the Iraq war. He argues why the war is a foolish idea. He explains the motivations of the various players, Bush, Saddam, Israel, bin Laden. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒The Mess They Made: The Middle East After Iraq | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-7710-2980-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-7710-2980-6 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | McClelland & Stewart | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2007-06-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gwynne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
| Dyer’s third book on the Iraq war, discusses what will happen after the Americans withdraw from Iraq. As a military historian, he predicts a major power shakeup. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒War: The Lethal Custom | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-7867-1538-3 | |||||||||||||||||
| ISBN13: | 978-0-7867-1538-1 | |||||||||||||||||
| publisher: | Carroll & Graf | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-04-10 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gywnne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
| The original version of this book was published 20 years ago. It is about the history of war and the human species, how war has evolved to an ever more lethal game. Seeing the big picture make it clearer that what is going on today in Afghanistan and Iraq is more of the same old same old. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒War: The New Edition | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-679-31312-5 | |||||||||||||||||
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| publisher: | Vintage Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-10-11 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gywnne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒With Every Mistake | |||||||||||||||||
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| ISBN10: | 0-679-31402-4 | |||||||||||||||||
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| publisher: | Random House Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| published: | 2005-10-25 | |||||||||||||||||
| by: | Gwynne Dyer | |||||||||||||||||
| Dyer’s second book on the Iraq war. Canada’s most famous military historian tackles the big picture including why the USA invaded Iraq. Also discusses how and why the press don’t bother to get stories correct. | ||||||||||||||||||
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recommend book⇒The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East | |||||||
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| ISBN10: | 1-4000-4151-1 | |||||||
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| publisher: | Knopf | |||||||
| published: | 2005-11-08 | |||||||
| by: | Robert Fisk | |||||||
| Very fat book of over 1000 pages about the history of conflict in the middle east. Fisk is a journalist who has been at the center of the storm contiunously for decades more than any other journalist risking his life to see the story directly. | ||||||||
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