Travels in American Iraq / John Martinkus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martinkus, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq--Military relations--United States.

Iraq.

Military relations.

United States.

Iraq--Description and travel.

United States--Military relations--Iraq.

Physical Description:

202 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia : Black Inc., [2004]

Summary:

Travels in American Iraq is a riveting portrait of a city and country on the brink of civil war. When the Coalition of the Willing liberated Iraq from the yoke of Saddam in early 2003, George W. Bush announced that the second Gulf War was over. John Martinkus's account of seven weeks spent travelling independently around Iraq in early 2004 shows just the opposite. More immediate, more intimate and more sceptical than other writing from the war-torn country, it takes us into the key places of the new Iraq - from Abu Ghraib prison to the Coalition's sealed-off security zone. There is an astonishing eyewitness account of the March 2004 Karbala bombings, and vivid accounts of meetings with ordinary Iraqis, religious leaders, insurgents and occupying troops. This book provides an acute insight into the limits of American power, in the form of a travelogue - both humorous and chilling - like no other.

Contents:

Falluja 24

Signs of Torture 44

Karbala 51

Aftermath 72

Democracy in the Making 91

Abu Ghraib 101

Last Stop on the Orient Express 115

Basra 126

One Year on 153

Greater Kurdistan 170

Last Days 192.

ISBN:

1863952853

OCLC:

56697350