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Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman won the hearts of readers with his moving story of adopting an abandoned puppy named Lava in a hellish corner of Iraq. For this Marine and his comrades, the puppy served as an important emotional touchstone in a grim and seemingly endless war. Kopelman now writes about what it's like to be home. He credits his canine best friend with finding his wife—in the park, Lava began playing with her dog and the two
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One year after its "liberation" by U.S. forces, Iraq had descended into chaos. The country's infrastructure was in a shambles, the death toll was still rising, and vast swathes of the country had become no-go areas for American troops. How did the situation deteriorate so quickly? Why did the cheering Iraqis who initially welcomed the Americans turn against them? This documentary, filmed in 2004 shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, examines...
51) Rebuilding Iraq
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This book discusses the causes and key personalities of the 2003 War with Iraq and the problems that exist today in a rebuilding of Iraq, a country that had already experienced decades of neglect of public service.
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The critically acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times best-seller An Army at Dawn, returns with this awesome account of modern warfare, the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, and their actions in the Iraq war of 2003. Beginning with a midnight flight out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the fast-paced story continues to the Army staging grounds in Kuwait, and onward into the thick of battle in Iraq.