Iraq War, 2003-2010

Week of September 7, 2010

Iraq War, 2003-2010

In the News: The U.S. combat mission in Iraq, according to President Barack Obama, has come to an end.

The Aftermath (DVD)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2004
Call Number: DS79.76 .A384 2004 (DVD)

American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?
By Morten G. Ender. Routledge, 2009
Call Number: DS79.76 .E526 2009

The Anatomy of a Deception: A Reconstruction and Analysis of the Decision to Invade Iraq
By Robert P. Abele. University Press of America, 2010
Call Number: DS79.76 .Q24 2010

Baghdad ER (DVD)
Directed by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill. Home Box Office, 2006
Call Number: UH475 .I72 B34 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Bring ‘Em On: Media and Politics in the U.S. War on Iraq
Edited by Lee Artz and Yahyu R. Kamalipour. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005
Call Number: P96 .I73 B75 2005

Control Room (DVD)
Directed by Jehane Noujaim. Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2004
Call Number: HE8700.9 .Q22 C66 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Foreigner’s Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
By Fouad Ajami. Free Press, 2006
Call Number: DS79.76 .A373 2006

Generation Kill (DVD)
HBO Films, 2008
Call Number: PN1992.77 .G462 2008

Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (DVD)
Directed by Rory Kennedy. HBO Video, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .G56 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Gulliver Unbound: America’s Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq
By Stanley Hoffmann. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004
Call Number: E902 .H64 2004

Gunner Palace (DVD)
Directed by Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein. Palm Pictures, 2005
Call Number: DS79.76 .G866 2005 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Heavy Metal in Baghdad (DVD)
Directed by Eddy Moretti. Arts Alliance America, 2008
Call Number: ML421 .A27 H43 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
Directed by Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally. Media Education Foundation, 2006
Call Number: HV6432.7 .H522 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Hurt Locker (DVD)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Summit Entertainment, 2010 (Released 2009)
Call Number: PN1997.2 .H8788 2010 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Independent Intervention: Breaking Silence (DVD)
Bullfrog Films, 2006
Call Number: P96 .A44 I53 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Indymedia War and Peace Trilogy (DVD)
Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center, 2003
Call Number: DS79.76 .I54 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq!: A Panel at the Socialist Scholars Conference, 2003 (DVD)
Z Video Productions, 2003
Call Number: E902 .I737 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq at a Distance: What Anthropologists Can Teach Us about the War
Edited by Antonius C. G. M. Robben. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Call Number: HD497 .I73 2010

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers (DVD)
Directed by Robert Greenwald. Brave New Films, 2006
Call Number: DS79.769 .I65 2006 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Iraq in Fragments (DVD)
Directed by James Longley. Typecast Releasing, 2007
Call Number: DS79.769 .I73 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War
By Matt Gallagher. Da Capo Press, 2010
Call Number: DS79.766 .G35 A3 2010

Leading to the 2003 Iraq War: The Global Media Debate
Edited by Alexander G. Nikolaev and Ernest A. Hakanen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Call Number: P96 .I73 L43 2006

The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq
By Helen Benedict. Beacon Press, 2009
Call Number: DS79.76 .B445 2009

The Lucky Ones (DVD)
Directed by Neil Burger. Lionsgate, 2009
Call Number: PN1997.2 .L8359 2009 (Boca Raton Media Center)

No End in Sight (DVD)
Directed by Charles Ferguson. Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .N65 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (DVD)
Directed by Richard E. Robbins. New Video, 2007
Call Number: DS79.76 .O64 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Record of the Paper: How the New York Times Misreports US Foreign Policy
By Howard Friel and Richard Falk. Verso, 2004
Call Number: PN4899 .N42 T544 2004

Standard Operating Procedure (DVD)
Directed by Errol Morris. Sony Pictures, 2008
Call Number: DS79.76 .S68 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center)

Strategy: How George W. Bush is Defeating Terrorists, Outwitting Democrats, and Confounding the Mainstream Media
By Bill Sammon. Regnery Pub., 2006
Call Number: E903.3 .S364 2006

Sunrise over Fallujah
By Walter Dean Myers. Scholastic Press, 2008
Call Number: PZ7 .M992 Su 2008 (Boca Raton Children’s Literature Collection)

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (DVD)
Directed by Robert Greenwald. Carolina Productions, Inc., 2003
Call Number: DS79.76 .U53 2003 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands
By Jeremy Salt. University of California Press, 2008
Call Number: DS44 .S315 2008

War Spin (DVD)
Produced by Sandy Smith. Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004
Call Number: DS79.76 .W37 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

The War Tapes (DVD)
Directed by Deborah Scranton. Docudrama Films, 2007
Call Number: DS79.764 .U6 W37 2007 (Boca Raton Media Center)

What Kind of Liberation?: Women and the Occupation of Iraq
By Nadje Al-Ali and Nicola Pratt. University of California Press, 2009
Call Number: HQ1735 .A66 2009

In the News: The “Cost” of War in the Middle East

Week of December 7, 2009

News Item: This past week President Obama announced his decision to deploy 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan which will eventually bring levels close to 98,000. Public opinion polls indicate Americans are losing confidence in the administration’s handling of the war, but military experts believe more troops are needed to succeed in the region. Since 2002, U.S. efforts in the Middle East have put an even larger strain on the federal deficit and on the very soldiers who have now spent repeated tours of duty in the region.

One of the Guys: Women As Aggressors and Torturers

The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

The Price of Liberty: Paying for America's Wars

Air Power Against Terror: America’s Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom
By Benjamin S. Lambeth. RAND Corp., 2005
Call Number: DS371.412 .L36 2005

Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq (DVD)
Directed by Leo Telling. Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2008
Call Number: DS79.76 .M47 2006

Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror (DVD)
Directed by Steve Connelly and John Pilger. Bullfrog Films, 2004
Call Number: E183.8 .A3 B732 2004 (Boca Raton Media Center)

In the News: Afghanistan

Week of November 2, 2009

News Item: On Monday, November 2, Afghan officials declared President Hamid Karzai the winner of the presidential runoff elections after his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the race a day earlier. Dr. Abdullah believed a transparent election was not possible if changes were not made in the Independent Election Commission. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama continues to contemplate whether or not to send as many as 40,000 additional military personnel to Afghanistan. Lastly, October marked the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began eight years ago.

Afghan Women: Identity and Invasion
By Elaheh Rostami-Povey. Zed Books, 2007
Call Number: HQ1735.6 .R67 2007

Afghanistan’s Uncertain Transition from Turmoil to Normalcy
By Barnett R. Rubin. Council on Foreign Relations, 2006
Call Number: DS371.4 .R82 2006

After the Taliban: Life and Security in Rural Afghanistan
By Neamatollah Nojumi, Dyan Mazurana, and Elizabeth Stites. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009
Call Number: HN670.6. A8 N65 2009

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