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Parting Ways: The Crisis In German-American RelationsParting Ways: The Crisis In German-American Relations
Best Price: $11.95
Parting Ways: The Crisis in German-American Relations is the first in-depth examination of the...
Persian Gulf War (America at War)Persian Gulf War (America at War)
Best Price: $3.95
The Wonder-Working Lawyers of Talmudic BabyloniaThe Wonder-Working Lawyers of Talmudic Babylonia
Best Price: $74.00
This book examines the relationship between the beliefs of the Judaic system and the life of the...
A Historical Atlas of Iraq (Historical Atlases of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East)A Historical Atlas of Iraq (Historical Atlases of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East)
Best Price: $26.27
The "Historical Atlas of Iraq" provides a good, brief High School level overview of...
Military Use of Drugs Not Yet Approved by FDA for CW/BW Defense: Lessons from the Gulf War (Gulf War Illnesses Series)Military Use of Drugs Not Yet Approved by FDA for CW/BW Defense: Lessons from the Gulf War (Gulf War Illnesses Series)
Best Price: $15.11
Examines the history of the Interim rule, that authorizes the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to...


Ends and Means: The British Mesopotamian Campaign and CommissionEnds and Means: The British Mesopotamian Campaign and Commission
Best Price: $41.50
Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New BattlefieldsLessons for a Long War: How America Can Win on New Battlefields
Best Price: $15.94
New conflicts will bring forth new challenges. "Lessons for a Long War: How America Can Win...
The Sound of Silence: Civilian Casualties and the Forgotten Cost of the Iraq WarThe Sound of Silence: Civilian Casualties and the Forgotten Cost of the Iraq WarAfter the Surge: The Case for U.S. Military Disengagement from Iraq (Council Special Report)After the Surge: The Case for U.S. Military Disengagement from Iraq (Council Special Report)
Best Price: $8.50
Iraq has come to dominate U.S. foreign policy ?and the controversy over Iraq has come to...
The Deserter's TaleThe Deserter's Tale
Best Price: $3.93
I am glad I read this book for a number of reasons. However;it is difficult to write a review on...


The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: From the Old Stone Age to the Persian Conquest (World of archaeology)The Archaeology of Mesopotamia: From the Old Stone Age to the Persian Conquest (World of archaeology)
Best Price: $109.19
A very bold title "Archaeology of Mesopotomia", but the author does an...
Letters from MesopotamiaLetters from Mesopotamia
Best Price: $12.82
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Urbanism in Antiquity: From Mesopotamia to Crete (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)Urbanism in Antiquity: From Mesopotamia to Crete (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
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The origin and growth of cities in antiquity. The origin and growth of cities forms one of the...
Desert of DeathDesert of Death
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Desert of Death - or Dasht-e-Margo - is the locals' name for the barren terrain of...
Today, Iraq; Tomorrow, the World?Today, Iraq; Tomorrow, the World?
Best Price: $10.63
Both inside and outside of the U.S. government mostly unseen, powerful forces may have prompted...

Mesoptamia (History of Civilization)Mesoptamia (History of Civilization)
Best Price: $159.47
This is a general survey of Assyrian and Babylonian life and history. It includes the results of...
Will They Ever Trust Us Again?Will They Ever Trust Us Again?
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Will They Ever Trust Us Again? brings together hundreds of never-before-published letters that...
Chain of CommandChain of Command
Best Price: $4.90
The basic text of the book will be comprised of the author's articles that have appeared in...
History of Nations - Iraq (paperback edition)History of Nations - Iraq (paperback edition)
Best Price: $5.94
For over 6,000 years civilization has existed in the area of southwest Asia now known as Iraq....
The Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat, from the Marne to IraqThe Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat, from the Marne to Iraq
Best Price: $6.57
Martin Van Crevald is one of a handful of military scholars without peer--others I hold is such...

The Origins of Cities in Dry-Farming Syria and Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.The Origins of Cities in Dry-Farming Syria and Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.
Best Price: $32.50
They Destroyed Iraq and Called It FreedomThey Destroyed Iraq and Called It FreedomTextiles of Ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, and EgyptTextiles of Ancient Mesopotamia, Persia, and EgyptTravels of Doctor and Madame Helfer in Syria, Mesopotamia, Burmah and other lands Volume v.1Travels of Doctor and Madame Helfer in Syria, Mesopotamia, Burmah and other lands Volume v.1
Best Price: $21.57
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional...
Home Through BaghdadHome Through Baghdad
Best Price: $7.22
I enjoyed the book - it's a raw depiction of what one female officer went through after...

Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful mercenary ArmyBlackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful mercenary Army
Best Price: $18.98
The author provides a great deal of information on how Blackwater came into being and some...
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine OfficerOne Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine OfficerHostage in IraqHostage in Iraq
Best Price: $24.95
With Canadians Jim Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden and American Tom Fox, Norman Kember spent four...
Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USNSeal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN
Best Price: $123.58
I've been following the events of Operation Red Wings and then Operation Whalers since 2005....
The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal, and Campaign Finance in the 2006 ElectionThe Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal, and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Election
Best Price: $21.00
Just in time for the coming election year, this book looks at the changing of the guard in 2006...

Hegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics: Unmasking the Bush Dynasty and Its War Against IraqHegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics: Unmasking the Bush Dynasty and Its War Against Iraq
Best Price: $28.50
Analyzing the speeches of the two Bush presidencies, this book presents a new conceptualization...
Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited StatesStranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States
Best Price: $5.30
Mr. Younge is both ignorant of REAL red blooded Americans and a camp follower of the...
1st Armored Division WWII & Beyond: Old Ironsides1st Armored Division WWII & Beyond: Old Ironsides
Best Price: $44.50
The 1st Armored Division history book contains updated division history and stories as told by...
TIME BEYOND 9/11: Portraits of ResilienceTIME BEYOND 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
Best Price: $10.95
From the editors of TIME, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, comes an exclusive oral history of an...
Sword in the Lion's Den: Navy Doc with 3/25th Marines in IraqSword in the Lion's Den: Navy Doc with 3/25th Marines in Iraq
Best Price: $19.14
This book is so fantastic. It took me in chronological order from deployment to redeployment....

The Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and WarThe Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and War
Best Price: $11.10
I generally prefer to describe and analyze books, not recommend them. Everyone's different,...
Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
Best Price: $59.99
From Pulitzer Prize - winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable...
Baghdad's Spy: A Personal Memoir of Espionage and Intrigue from Iraq to LondonBaghdad's Spy: A Personal Memoir of Espionage and Intrigue from Iraq to London
Best Price: $22.43
Baghdad's Spy is a unique portrait of espionage family life as told from the perspective of...
My Father's Rifle: A Childhood in KurdistanMy Father's Rifle: A Childhood in Kurdistan
Best Price: $0.99
Well written story about the Kurdish situation as seen through the eyes of a young boy as he...
Company C: The Real War in IraqCompany C: The Real War in Iraq
I would not think of myself as the audience for a book on the gulf war, but I found this...

The Tragedy of MesopotamiaThe Tragedy of Mesopotamia
Sir George Buchanan was British India's leading expert at setting up and running commercial...
Hunters: U.S. Snipers in the War on TerrorHunters: U.S. Snipers in the War on Terror
Best Price: $5.38
a superb follow-up companion volume to Afong's initial and exciting work, HOGS IN THE SHADOW...
Yours Till the End: Harrowing Life of a Beirut HostageYours Till the End: Harrowing Life of a Beirut Hostage
Best Price: $214.92
Although the eldest of the hostages in Beirut, Jackie Mann spent the whole two-and-a-half years...
On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War StoryOn Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
Best Price: $2.49
There are few circumstances in life that inspire more gratitude and admiration than being...
Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and ConflictBanking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict
Best Price: $4.90
This is a well researched, fascinating historical summary of the history of Mesapotamia,...

Deployed: How Reservists Bear the Burden of IraqDeployed: How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq
Best Price: $5.70
In Deployed, Musheno and Ross connect the reader to the oft-neglected impact the war in Iraq on...
Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USNSeal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN
Best Price: $123.58
I've been following the events of Operation Red Wings and then Operation Whalers since 2005....
The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal, and Campaign Finance in the 2006 ElectionThe Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal, and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Election
Best Price: $21.00
Just in time for the coming election year, this book looks at the changing of the guard in 2006...
Hegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics: Unmasking the Bush Dynasty and Its War Against IraqHegemonic Masculinities and Camouflaged Politics: Unmasking the Bush Dynasty and Its War Against Iraq
Best Price: $28.50
Analyzing the speeches of the two Bush presidencies, this book presents a new conceptualization...
Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited StatesStranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States
Best Price: $5.30
Mr. Younge is both ignorant of REAL red blooded Americans and a camp follower of the...

1st Armored Division WWII & Beyond: Old Ironsides1st Armored Division WWII & Beyond: Old Ironsides
Best Price: $44.50
The 1st Armored Division history book contains updated division history and stories as told by...
TIME BEYOND 9/11: Portraits of ResilienceTIME BEYOND 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
Best Price: $10.95
From the editors of TIME, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, comes an exclusive oral history of an...
Sword in the Lion's Den: Navy Doc with 3/25th Marines in IraqSword in the Lion's Den: Navy Doc with 3/25th Marines in Iraq
Best Price: $19.14
This book is so fantastic. It took me in chronological order from deployment to redeployment....
The Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and WarThe Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and War
Best Price: $11.10
I generally prefer to describe and analyze books, not recommend them. Everyone's different,...
Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)Big Boy Rules: America's Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq (Playaway Adult Nonfiction)
Best Price: $59.99
From Pulitzer Prize - winning Washington Post reporter Steve Fainaru comes an unforgettable...

Baghdad's Spy: A Personal Memoir of Espionage and Intrigue from Iraq to LondonBaghdad's Spy: A Personal Memoir of Espionage and Intrigue from Iraq to London
Best Price: $22.43
Baghdad's Spy is a unique portrait of espionage family life as told from the perspective of...
Iraq and the Second Gulf War: State Building and Regime SecurityIraq and the Second Gulf War: State Building and Regime Security
This important study seeks to address the issues of state building and regime security as key...
The Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in IraqThe Highway War: A Marine Company Commander in Iraq
Best Price: $6.97
Years ago Marine artist Col Charles Waterhouse drew a cartoon of a grizzled Marine Gunny,...
Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from IraqBirding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq
Best Price: $3.98
This is a lovely book--What inspired me about Jonathan's observations was that they brought...
How America Lost IraqHow America Lost Iraq
Best Price: $1.99
Mr. Glantz's book reads like a narrative of many of the events in Iraq told through...

Winning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American EmpireWinning Modern Wars: Iraq, Terrorism, and the American Empire
Best Price: $1.35
"Winning Modern Wars" is retired general and former Supreme Commander of NATO, Wesley...
The WMD Mirage: Iraq's Decade of Deception and America's False Premise for War (Publicaffairs Reports)The WMD Mirage: Iraq's Decade of Deception and America's False Premise for War (Publicaffairs Reports)
Best Price: $0.01
This compilation of documents, edited by a New York Times reporter, is nothing but centrist...
Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of IraqTell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq
Best Price: $0.70
Linda Robinson's "Tell Me How This Ends: General Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out...
The Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALs and the Winning of al-AnbarThe Sheriff of Ramadi: Navy SEALs and the Winning of al-Anbar
Best Price: $18.79
Dick Couch expertly documents the contributions of the Navy SEALS during the Battle for Ramadi...
In the Gray Area: A Marine Advisor Team at WarIn the Gray Area: A Marine Advisor Team at War
Best Price: $18.03
I previously read Lt Col Folsom's first book, The Highway War, and found In the Gray Area to...

The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics (Italian Texts and Studies on Religion and Society)
Best Price: $22.65
Edmondo Lupieri tackles a very big topic in a very compact book when he crams 273 pages with an...
Networks of Democracy: Lessons from Kosovo for Afghanistan, Iraq, and BeyondNetworks of Democracy: Lessons from Kosovo for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond
Best Price: $18.34
Great read. Very accessabile to all interested in what the international community is doing in...
Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and IraqVortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq
Best Price: $17.00
If you read the paper today and wonder how the U.S. got where it is in Afghanistan and Iraq...
Vortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and IraqVortex of Conflict: U.S. Policy Toward Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq
Best Price: $74.97
More than two million Americans have now served in Afghanistan or Iraq; more than 5,000...
We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (American Empire Project)We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People (American Empire Project)
Best Price: $13.48
From a State Department insider, the first account of our blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq--a...

Wounded: Vietnam/IraqWounded: Vietnam/Iraq
Best Price: $19.76
If you've ever wondered about what America's young men, and women, serving in the war on...
Iran And Iraq At WarIran And Iraq At War
An assessment of the Iran-Iraq War covering its origins, impact and contexts. The book is...
The Modern History Of IraqThe Modern History Of Iraq
Best Price: $1.00
Modern History of Iraq, a history book, is very good read because it focuses and combines our...
The Kurdish Quasi-state: Development and Dependency in Post-gulf War Iraq (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)The Kurdish Quasi-state: Development and Dependency in Post-gulf War Iraq (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
Best Price: $12.00
Despite ongoing instability and underdevelopment in post-Saddam Iraq, some parts of the country...
Things Fall Apart:  Containing the Spillover from an Iraqi Civil WarThings Fall Apart: Containing the Spillover from an Iraqi Civil War
Best Price: $3.23
Any reader of this book should be aware that Pollack was one of the strategic advocates for the...

The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War (American Political Challenges)The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War (American Political Challenges)
Best Price: $20.72
In The Pursuit of Happiness in Times of War, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Carl M. Cannon...
How Do I Save My Honor?: War, Moral Integrity, and Principled ResignationHow Do I Save My Honor?: War, Moral Integrity, and Principled Resignation
Best Price: $40.95
William Felice has written a smart, engaging study of a continually recurring political-moral...
The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in IraqThe Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
Best Price: $3.86
Found Ajami could be called the Dick Cheney's Shiite cousin. Kissing up to the...
Plan of Attack:  The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade IraqPlan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq
Best Price: $3.56
It was published in '04, and now, reading it in 09/06, as a latecomer all I can say is, it...
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part IIIState of Denial: Bush at War, Part III
Best Price: $0.01
Clearly Woodward can't write fast enough to explain the US debacle in Iraq. Woodward has...

Shared Courage: A Marine Wife's Story of Strength and ServiceShared Courage: A Marine Wife's Story of Strength and Service
Best Price: $13.83
As a USMC spouse, this is the absolute worst book I have ever read. While there are experiences...
McCoy's Marines: Darkside to BaghdadMcCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad
Best Price: $5.46
"McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad", by John Koopman, is the story of a former...
IraqIraq
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Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq WarHubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
Best Price: $18.87
March 2003: The United States invades Iraq. October 2006: The world finds out why. What was...
Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (The American Moment)Presidential Decisions for War: Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq (The American Moment)
Best Price: $34.99
Following World War II, Americans expected that the United States would wage another major war...

The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military LessonsThe Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, and Military Lessons
Best Price: $29.47
The Iraq War: Strategy, Tactics, And Military Lessons is an extensive study of the second war...
DC Confidential: The Controversial Memoirs of Britain's Ambassador to the U.S. at the Time of 9/11 and the Iraq WarDC Confidential: The Controversial Memoirs of Britain's Ambassador to the U.S. at the Time of 9/11 and the Iraq War
Best Price: $3.99
Sir Christopher Meyer resigned as British ambassador in Washington just before the start of...
Legal and Administrative Texts in the Reign of Samsu-Iluna (Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts)Legal and Administrative Texts in the Reign of Samsu-Iluna (Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts)
Best Price: $54.97
When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest DynastyWhen Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
Best Price: $8.97
This book is a fun read that is well written and designed for the interested layman. It never...
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States ArmyThe Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army
Best Price: $17.99
Edit of 21 Nov 09: I just noticed Steve Metz's review and recommend it as being the best...

The Good SoldiersThe Good Soldiers
Best Price: $6.79
This is my fifth* "boots on the ground" perspective of soldiering in a post-9/11...
The History of Iraq (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)The History of Iraq (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
Best Price: $17.66
The History of Iraq is a Cliff's Notes to Iraq's past that, according to its foreword,...
Israel in the Second Iraq War: The Influence of Likud (Praeger Security International)Israel in the Second Iraq War: The Influence of Likud (Praeger Security International)
Best Price: $23.42
In this revelatory volume, Stephen Pelleti¸re, the CIA's Iraq analyst in the 1980s, argues...
Barefoot Soldier: A Story of Extreme ValourBarefoot Soldier: A Story of Extreme Valour
Best Price: $27.72
Born in 1979 in Grenada as one of eight children, living in a two-bedroom hut, surviving on...
Iraq: From Sumer to SaddamIraq: From Sumer to Saddam
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