Voices of the Iraq War

Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

Brian L. Steed (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, USA)

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Greenwood Press
11 April 2016

Series: Voices of an Era

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.

Edited by: Brian L. Steed (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College USA)
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 1.219kg
ISBN: 9781440836749
ISBN 10: 1440836744
Series: Voices of an Era
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 11 April 2016
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian L. Steed is a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a military history instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College as well as a Middle East foreign area officer.

Reviews for Voices of the Iraq War: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

More than merely an oral or documentary history of the war, this title could well serve as a textbook for senior high school and undergraduate history courses. . . . Voices of the Iraq War does a commendable job in presenting that conflict from multiple perspectives, from the president of the United States to the soldiers doing the fighting and Iraqi citizens who were forced to watch their nation being torn asunder. Throughout, the text is both readable and informative. - ARBA