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" Voices from Iraq : "
[compiled by] Mark Kukis.
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BL
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625650
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Voices from Iraq : : a people's history, 2003-2009 /\ [compiled by] Mark Kukis.
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xviii, 220 pages ;; 24 cm
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9780231156929 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0231156928 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780231527569 (ebook)
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: 023152756X (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Introduction. A note on civilian casualties -- The sanctity of guns and shrines -- An army in defeat -- The roads of falling cities -- A guest for Mr. Axe -- Home no more -- Hitting back -- An end to exile. The coming of a war within -- Old foes -- The edge of battles -- A saying about luck -- A new order. Moving days -- The price of sons -- Questions and answers -- The mouths of soldiers. A visit to the temple -- House to house -- Paths to safety -- The face of a savior -- Waking up -- Laughing to Bucca -- Keeping to the neighborhood. Less than whole -- Beloveds lost and found -- The makings of another life.
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Uses testimonies from nearly seventy Iraqis to present a chronology of the War in Iraq, including the 2003 invasion, the rise in open sectarian violence, and the efforts since 2008 to reconstruct Iraqi society.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011, Personal narratives, Iraqi.
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Iraq, History, 2003-
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956.7044/30922
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DS79.766.A1V645 2011
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Kukis, Mark,1973-
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