In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger. This novel...
Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Author:De Castrique, MarkSummary:A simple assignment for private investigator Sam Blackman and his partner Nakayla Robertson: follow Professor Janice Wainwright, who’s suing a surgeon for malpractice, and catch her in activities that undercut her claim. When Wainwright...
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Author:Myers, Walter DeanSummary:Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.
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Author:Thompson, JudithSummary:Based around the lives of three distinct characters—a young soldier imprisoned for her misconduct at a prison camp in Iraq, a microbiologist-cum-weapons inspector who exposes the false justifications for war, and a mother/political...
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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:Society of School Librarians International Honor Book. Deborah Ellis has been widely praised for her gripping books portraying the plight of children in war-torn countries. Now she turns her attention closer to home, to the children...
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Author:Fox, Richard RaymondSummary: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...
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Author:Abrams, DavidSummary: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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Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary: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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Author:Frederick, JimSummary: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...
- Author:Colla, ElliottSummary:
The United States occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and...
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Author:Tripp, CharlesSummary: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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Author:Allen, BarbaraSummary: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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Author:Turner, Ali Elizabeth, Shindler, BobbySummary: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...
