Erasing Iraq : the human costs of carnage /
By: Otterman, Michael
Title By: Hil, Richard | Wilson, Paul R
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BookPublisher: London : Pluto, 2010.Description: xvi, 248 p ; 22 cm. : ill.ISBN: 9780745328973Subject(s): Iraq War, 2003-
Summary:
For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted war and aggression in Iraq.Erasing Iraqshows in unparalleled detail the devastating human cost. Western governments and the mainstream media continue to ignore or play down the human costs of the war on Iraqi citizens This has allowed them to present their role as the benign guardians of Iraqi interests. The authors deconstruct this narrative by presenting a portrait of the total carnage in Iraq today as told by Iraqis and other witnesses who experienced it first hand. Featuring in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and from Western countries,Erasing Iraqis a comprehensive and moving account of the Iraqi people's tragedy.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 956.70443 OT ER (Browse shelf) | Available | T0041320 |
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| 956.7044092 CO SA Saddam : his rise and fall / | 956.7044245 SW JA Jarhead : a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War and other battles / | 956.70443 ME GO Good intentions corrupted : the Oil-for-Food Program and the threat to the U.N. / | 956.70443 OT ER Erasing Iraq : the human costs of carnage / | 956.70443 RI FI Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq / | 956.70443092 JA FL The flying carpet of small miracles : a woman's fight to save two orphans / | 956.70443092 RO TA Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad / |
Includes index.
For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted war and aggression in Iraq.Erasing Iraqshows in unparalleled detail the devastating human cost. Western governments and the mainstream media continue to ignore or play down the human costs of the war on Iraqi citizens This has allowed them to present their role as the benign guardians of Iraqi interests. The authors deconstruct this narrative by presenting a portrait of the total carnage in Iraq today as told by Iraqis and other witnesses who experienced it first hand. Featuring in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and from Western countries,Erasing Iraqis a comprehensive and moving account of the Iraqi people's tragedy.