A deadly ambush leaves two soldiers in terrorist hands, and their only chance at rescue is the connection between Captain Eric Ritter and the Al Qaeda mastermind behind the attack. To find the lost soldiers, Ritter must ally with the...
Iraq
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Auteur:al Rabeeah, Abu Bakr, Yeung, WinnieSommaire:Homes tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video...
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Auteur:Abrams, DavidSommaire:Fobbit 'fa-bit, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2011). Pejorative. In the satirical tradition of Catch-22 and M...
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Auteur:Woodcock, PatrickSommaire:A poetic journal looks at life in a war-torn country. After two years spent in the Kurdish North of Iraq, Patrick Woodcock has returned with his eighth collection of poetry, Echo Gods and Silent Mountains. Resisting both...
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Auteur:Ellis, DeborahSommaire:USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List In this book, Deborah Ellis turns her attention to the most tragic victims of the Iraq war -- Iraqi children. She interviews young people, mostly refugees living in Jordan, but also a few...
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Auteur:Frederick, JimSommaire:This is the story of a small group of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's fabled 502nd Infantry Regiment-a unit known as the Black Heart Brigade. Deployed in late 2005 to Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death, a veritable meat...
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Auteur:Fattal, Joshua, Shourd, Sarah, Bauer, ShaneSommaire:In 2009 Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan when they unknowingly crossed into Iran and were captured by a border patrol. Accused of espionage, they were sent to Tehran's infamous Evin Prison....
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Auteur:Tripp, CharlesSommaire:This text traces Iraq's history from the Ottoman Empire, to the creation of the state, its transformation from monarchy to republic, the rise of the Ba'th party and Saddam Hussein, and the American-led war of 2003. Tripp's thesis is...
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Auteur:Allen, BarbaraSommaire:June 7, 2005, a sandstorm obscured what light lingered in Iraq’s nighttime sky as Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez tied a claymore mine to a window grate. On the other side of the window Lt Louis Allen, a husband and father of four young...
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Auteur:Turner, Ali Elizabeth, Shindler, BobbySommaire:How did an ex-hippie chick Viet Nam War protester become a fierce soldier supporter, living in a combat zone in an increasingly unpopular war? From 2004 to 2007, Ali Elizabeth Turner had the chance of a lifetime to learn firsthand that...
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