Voices from Iraq: A People's History, 2003-2009 - Hardcover

Kukis, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231156928 ISBN 13: 9780231156929

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Featuring the testimony of close to seventy Iraqis from all walks of life, Voices from Iraq builds a riveting chronological history unmatched for its insight and revelations. Here is a history of the war in Iraq as told entirely by Iraqis living through the U.S. invasion and occupation.

Beginning in 2003, this intimate narrative includes the experiential accounts of civilians, politicians, former dissidents, insurgents, and militiamen. Iraqis offering firsthand stories range from onetime Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to resistance fighters speaking on the condition of anonymity. Divided into five parts, these interviews recount the 2003 invasion; Iraq's gradual slide into chaos from 2004 to 2005; the start of a new order in 2006; the rise of open sectarian violence over the next two years; and the effort since 2008 to reconstruct a society from relative calm. Each section includes interviews grouped into themes, with brief epilogues for the participants. Not since Studs Terkel's The Good War has a book captured so acutely the human consequences of a conflict we are still struggling to understand. Voices from Iraq makes utterly vivid the meaning and legacy of America's campaign in Iraq.

About this title

Book Description:

The only book of its kind—a raw look at the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, told entirely from the perspective of Iraqis.

About the Author:

Mark Kukis covered the war in Iraq from 2006 to 2009 as a correspondent for Time magazine, and he has written for the New Republic and Salon. He is the author of "My Heart Became Attached": The Strange Journey of John Walker Lindh, and his work can be read at www.markkukis.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0231156928
• ISBN 13: 9780231156929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240