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Inside CentCom: The Unvarnished Truth About the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Mike DeLong
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2004
The Military History of 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq
+ A good read, but is detracted by the hubris
+ The Inside Story
This short, easily readable book concerns itself -as the title aptly implies- only with the view of those running the U.S. Central Command during the USS Cole, 9/11, the War in Afghanistan, and the War in Iraq. If you are looking for more breadth you will be disappointed, but taken for what it is ...
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Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq
Larry Diamond
Holt Paperbacks, 2006
Indispensable
+ Detailed story of the tragedy of post-war Iraq
+ another expert ignored
+ An Insider's Perspective on Iraq
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First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
Gary Schroen
Presidio Press, 2006
A very informative view of CIA in Afganistan
+ WORD OF MOUTH IS BEST
+ A Personal Account from the Bleeding Edge
+ very well written
+ Introduction to the War in Afganistan
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Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (American Empire Project)
Robert Dreyfuss
Holt Paperbacks, 2006
Complements Web of Deceit
+ Shows that playing with fire is not a good idea
+ A veritable text book on fundamentalist Islam
Robert Dreyfuss interviewed me once, for a piece in WIRED or Mother Jones, and I remember him as a serious, methodical person. It is no surprise to find him producing this meticulously documented and objectively constructed history, a perfect complement to Web of Deceit: The History of Western ...
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Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush
Barry M. Lando
Other Press, 2007
A Tragedy of Lies, Genocide, and WMD
+ What, Praytell, Would "Victory in Iraq" Look Like?
+ fascinating
+ Brilliant survey of British-US interference in Iraq
+ One giant step of to understanding
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The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach
The Iraq Study Group, James A. Baker III, ...
Vintage, 2006
Fantastic book
+ You Break it, You Bought it
The book The Iraq Study Group Report investigated the problem within Iraq, in regargs to the ensuing militant insurgency and ongoing civil war that we have sometimes seen on the television news in our home countries around the world. Sometimes from these pictures it is hard to view the whole ...
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Stephen Kinzer
Times Books, 2006
"They Hate Us For Our Freedoms!"
+ History we should know
+ Required reading
+ Karma Theory
+ Essesntial Reading
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American Soldier
Tommy Franks, Malcolm McConnell, 2004
A True American Hero
+ American Soldier by Gen. Tommy Franks
+ "Make Em A Hand, Son" (Tommy's Father on Entering Army)
+ Great if you know what you're getting
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A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
James Bamford
Anchor, 2005
A MUST READ!
+ Superb, Once you get by the 9/11 party line myths
+ What Intelligence failure?
a MUST READ for every American...chronological facts laid out for you so that you can't ignore!
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Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq
Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber
Tarcher, 2003
Madison Avenue waged war on Iraq---and our troops
+ Quick but Important Read!!
+ facts revealed
+ Review 5/2/2005
+ A critical look at wartime discourse
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Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now
George McGovern, William R. Polk
Simon & Schuster, 2006
The "Go Home" Option for Iraq
+ George McGovern Is A World Citizen and Still Right On- Out of Iraq
+ i pray we'll listen
+ Simply irrefutable
+ Great information
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Abu Ghraib: The Politics of Torture (The Terra Nova Series)
David Levi Strauss, Charles Stein
North Atlantic Books, 2004
Great, very thought provoking
These group of essays methodically and from a variety of view points attempt to show just how damaging the infamous photos and the acts of depravity they have exposed are. The book also explores the collective conscience and political climate that has existed in order for such unbelievable and ...
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Secrets and Lies: Operation "Iraqi Freedom" and After: A Prelude to the Fall of U.S. Power in the Middle East?
Dilip Hiro
Nation Books, 2003
The best book on the topic
+ Commandments for common man
+ A "monumental confidence trick"
+ Good account of an unnecessary, diversionary war
+ Bloody Brilliant!
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks
Penguin Press HC, The, 2006
Best Documentation of Iraq War to date
+ Fantastic
+ Pleasantly Surprised
+ The story of an incredible American folly
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Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib (P.S.)
Seymour M. Hersh
Harper Perennial, 2005
If you want to properly ascertain American and Middle Eastern relations then I highly recommend you read this book!!!
+ America's One Man Truth Commission
+ Investigative journalism on Intelligence and War.
+ Exposing a war built on lies and the failures of US foreign policy
+ Peerless Hersh
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