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November 28, 2024

War in Iraq Planning and Execution

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Free Download Thomas A. Keaney, "War in Iraq: Planning and Execution"
English | 2007 | pages: 284 | ISBN: 041542075X, 0415545242 | PDF | 1,4 mb
This volume provides a collection of insightful essays on all phases of the Iraq War: both US-led major combat operations to defeat the Ba’athist regime as well as efforts to reconstruct the country and defeat the insurgency.

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September 24, 2024

Expectation of Valor Planning for the Iraq War

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Free Download Expectation of Valor: Planning for the Iraq War by Colonel Kevin C.M. Benson (Ret.)
English | July 18, 2024 | ISBN: 1636244262 | True EPUB | 272 pages | 16.9 MB
"Of all the many mistakes the United States made in invading Iraq, none was as damning as the mishandling of postwar security and reconstruction. The place to start to understand that fiasco is with Kevin Benson’s Expectation of Valor." ― Kenneth M. Pollack, former CIA Persian Gulf military analyst and author of Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

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September 17, 2024

Impossible Victory How Iraq Defeated ISIS

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Free Download Impossible Victory: How Iraq Defeated ISIS by Haider Al-Abadi
English | October 6, 2022 | ISBN: 1785907352 | 352 pages | EPUB | 2.52 Mb
By 2014, the world had grown weary of Iraq and its troubles. The Americans had all but gone and the media had switched its gaze towards Syria, but Iraq’s problems were far from over. That same year, ISIS put Iraq back on the map as they crossed the border from Syria and rampaged through the country, kidnapping, raping and killing, and enforcing their murderous interpretation of Sharia law. Saddam Hussein, the occupation, sectarian war, corruption and political instability had collectively laid the groundwork for further violence, and Iraqis were about to see the worst of it.

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September 15, 2024

Southern Iraq’s Marshes Their Environment and Conservation

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Free Download Laith A. Jawad, "Southern Iraq’s Marshes: Their Environment and Conservation "
English | ISBN: 3030662373 | 2021 | 838 pages | PDF | 38 MB
The Mesopotamian marshes are important for economic, social, and biodiversity values and have been home to indigenous human communities for millennia. They are regarded as a legendary site.

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September 15, 2024

Architects of Delusion Europe, America, and the Iraq War

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Free Download Simon Serfaty, "Architects of Delusion: Europe, America, and the Iraq War"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 081224060X | EPUB | pages: 184 | 0.3 mb
The commencement of war in Iraq in 2003 was met with a variety of reactions around the globe. In Architects of Delusion, Simon Serfaty presents a historical analysis of how and why the decision to wage war was endorsed by some of America’s main European allies, especially Britain, and opposed by others, especially France and Germany.

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April 25, 2024

Iraq, Inc. A Profitable Occupation

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Free Download Pratap Chatterjee, "Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 1583226672 | EPUB | pages: 248 | 0.2 mb
More than one year after the "fall of Baghdad," the reconstruction of Iraq was failing terribly. Ordinary Iraqis waited in line for basic necessities like clean water and fuel, while the number of civilians and soldiers killed escalated in tandem with the billions of U.S. tax dollars spent. In Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation, Pratap Chatterjee delivers an on-the-ground account of the occupation business, exposing private contractors as the only winners in this war.

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