How America lost Iraq
By: Aaron Glantz
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781585424269
Subjects: Journalist; American Personal narratives; Journalists; Irakkrieg; Iraq War, 2003-; Biography
Description: A reporter in Iraq shows how the U.S. squandered its early victories and goodwill among the Iraqi people, and allowed the newly freed society to slip into violence and chaos. Reporting for antiwar Pacifica Radio, he interviewed regular Iraqis and found wide support for the Americans. Then, in early 2004, the U.S. military initiated a bombing campaign against the population of Fallujah, increasing support for an armed resistance. The attack confounded many anti-Saddam Iraqis, and plunged the nation into chaos. Now, 50 percent of the U.S.-trained Iraqi army has either mutinied or refused to fight; the Iraqi public has sustained appalling civilian casualties; corporate contractors including Halliburton and Bechtel have failed to supply Iraqis with the basic necessities of daily life; and a respected poll shows that 82 percent of Iraqis want the U.S. to leave.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. After the fall; title: Entering after the fall; title: The unpopular resistance; title: Nightly arguments; title: Civilian casualties; title: A dysfunctional occupation; title: pt. 2. The occupation drags on; title: Welcome to Iraqi Kurdistan; title: Peshmerga in control, refugees in camps; title: Changing attitudes about terror; title: America becomes the enemy; title: Fundamentalists unite; title: pt. 3. When America lost Iraq; title: The closure of Al-Hawza newspaper; title: The war begins; title: Apache helicopter strikes; title: It's not safe to go outside; title: America's mass grave; title: Kidnap dramas; title: pt. 4. Brutality becomes the norm; title: Return from Kurdistan; title: Brutality becomes the norm; title: Dead sheiks in Babylon; title: Victory rises above a mass grave; title: pt. 5. Toward a better future; title: Kindergarten cop.