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Informationen zum Autor Brian L. Steed is an assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who served three times in Iraq. Klappentext The Iraq War (2003-2011) was the most significant conflict in the early 21st century. This book examines the ongoing importance of this war for the Middle East and the world today through first-person accounts of the war and primary source documents. Voices of the Iraq War: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life illuminates the complex and poorly reported realities of the conflict that those without direct experience cannot possibly fathom, presenting detailed personal accounts of what the conflict in Iraq was like across multiple disciplines and through a variety of viewpoints. The accounts are based on interviews with American, Iraqi-American, and British officers who deployed and fought throughout the country of Iraq.The book begins with the story of an Iraqi boy who flees Iraq with his family after Desert Storm and then returns to Iraq as a translator to assist U.S. forces nearly 16 years later. The book is filled with personal accounts of combat and training as well as other real-world experiences that define what the Iraq War meant to thousands of U.S. and allied service members. These personal accounts are supported with national level policy speeches and official statements that help readers put the individual stories and events in national, regional, and global perspective. The book concludes by examining the impact of this war on thousands of young men and women that will last for decades to come. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents Chronology of the Iraq War Documents of the Iraq War Before the War 1. A Translator's Journey: Mohamed al-Shara on Leaving Iraq 2. Congressional Resolution Supporting Use of Force against Iraq, October 16, 2002 3. State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003 The Invasion of Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom 4. Brigade Commander and the Invasion: David Perkins 5. Corps Staff and the Invasion: Russell Thadden and Stephen Hicks 6. British Perspective in Basra: Johnny Austin 7. The Close and Chaotic Fight for Invasion: David A. Miles 8. Medal of Honor: Paul R. Smith, April 4, 2003 9. Mission Accomplished : President Bush's Remarks to the Crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln , May 1, 2003 The Occupation (2003-2005) 10. Disbanding the Army: Coalition Provisional Authority Number 2, May 23, 2003 11. Iraqi Advisor to U.S. Military Personnel: Nasier Abadi 12. A Journalist's Perspective on Combat: Ann Barnard 13. Abu Ghraib, A Guard's Perspective: Samuel J. Provance 14. The Battle of Fallujah from a USMC Information Operations Perspective: Andy Dietz 15. A Journalist's Perspective on Combat (2): Ann Barnard 16. Counterinsurgency from the Ground: John Nagl 17. Perspective from the Commander of Multi-National Forces-Iraq: George Casey 18. Iraqi Constitution: Preamble and Basic Rights, October 15, 2005 Insurgency Grows or Civil War (2005-2006) 19. Noncommissioned Officer and the Close Fight: Hans Hull 20. British Perspective in Basra (2): Johnny Austin 21. Iraqi Advisor to U.S. Military Personnel (2): Nasier Abadi 22. Training the Iraqi Security Forces: David Petraeus 23. Perspectives on the Insurgency: Dan Darling 24. Contractors in War-Blackwater: Erik Prince 25. Political Efforts: George W. Bush and Nuri al-Maliki The Surge and Beyond (2006-2009) 26. Field Manual 3-24: Counterinsurgency, 2006 27. Telafar, the Example for Counterin...
