Summary
Generals, ordinary soldiers, journalists, government officials, consultants, academics, politicians, and returned Iraqi exiles have told their stories, sometimes justifying, sometimes criticizing what they did and what they saw others do. The announced reason for the war, Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, proved unfounded. Some pieces appeared in Filkins's New York Times stories; other parts appear to be notes or diary entries; and still others are fragments of memory from Filkins or the photographers endlessly running with him to a car bombing, a battle, an atrocity.
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Someone Else's Pain
Someone Else's Pain The Forever War Dexter Filkins Alfred A. Knopf, $25, 384 pp.
Dozens of books have appeared about the U.S. invasion, occupation, destruction, and inept reconstruction of Iraq. Generals, ordinary soldiers, journalists, government officials, consultants, academics, politicians, and returned Iraqi exiles have told their stor...See the full content of this document
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