Irakkriget

A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chretien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion …

Every soldier has a war story.Steven Elliott's opens with the death of American hero Pat Tillman by "e;friendly fire"e; in Afghanistan-when Army Ranger Elliott pulled the …

Recounts the events surrounding the assault on Baghdad by the Third Infantry Division's Spartan Brigade, describing in vivid detail the charge to Saddam Hussein's presidential …

Through a deadly last showdown beside Afghan forces fighting the Taliban, Marine Corps veteran Christopher Izant illustrates the impossible conditions and strategic blunders that …

First as Ambassador to the UN, and then as Special Envoy for Iraq, the UK's highest authority on the ground, Sir Jeremy Greenstock was centre stage in the tumultuous days leading …

Dwight D. Eisenhower once quipped, ';You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.' Military …

Since the end of the draft in the United States, the nation's wars have been fought by all-volunteer forces, creating an enormous divide between the civilian public and its …

Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a lucid, witty account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. Patrick Hennessey is pretty much like any other …

'The Legacy of Iraq' critically reflects on the abject failure of the 2003 intervention to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy, underpinned by free-market capitalism, its citizens …