Soldiers and Citizens An Oral History of Operation Iraqi Freedom from the Battlefield to the Pentagon

, by Mirra, Carl; Appy, Christian

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ISBN: 9780230601642 | 0230601642
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Copyright: 11/15/2008

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This book presents wide-ranging oral history of the Iraq War, capturing the diverse viewpoints of the soldiers, policymakers, family members, and others whose lives it changed.

Series Editors' Foreword	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Iraq and the United States: A Brief Sketch	p. 9
The New Winter Soldiers Redux: The Patriotism of Antiwar GIs	p. 21
Specialist Aidan Delgado, "He was juggling a Kuwaiti skull."	p. 29
Sergeant Aaron Hughes, "Vietnam did not change until the veterans spoke out."	p. 33
Specialist Michael Harmon, "The whole war was a lie."	p. 38
Lieutenant Harvey Tharp, "I was able to use Halliburton's greed to my advantage."	p. 41
Corporal Adam Charles Kokesh, "Kindly, go fuck yourself."	p. 43
Sergeant Kelly Doughtery, "The U.S. invaded Iraq to control the oil resources."	p. 46
Staff Sergeant Andrew Sapp, "We need to get closer to a social revolution."	p. 51
Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, "There is no greater freedom than the freedom to follow one's conscience."	p. 57
From Bunker Hill to Baghdad: We Will Continue the Mission	p. 67
Captain James L. McCormick, "It really is a sense of honor; it is the right thing to do."	p. 72
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sisinyak, "You signed up for this.
You have a responsibility to fight."	p. 77
Sergeant Vincent Micco, "The man reached over and kissed me on the cheek."	p. 80
Lieutenant Jason Nichols, "It is not supporting the troops by keeping them from doing the job that they volunteered to do."	p. 85
Colonel William V. Wenger (Ret.), "They want you your family and everyone you know who is not a Muslim dead."	p. 87
Specialist Jennifer Sardam, "It was almost a personal quest for me."	p. 93
Major Brian Bresnahan, "You know who the bad guys are, don't you?"	p. 97
The Sacrifice of Military Families	p. 103
Celeste Zappala, ''How is it okay for my son to go and be killed in this war that no one can explain, but the people who wanted the war don't send their kids."	p. 105
Teri Mackey, "It touches you in ways that you can't imagine unless you've been there."	p. 107
Monica Benderman, "The issues are more important than we are."	p. 112
Carlos and Melida Arredondo, "Dad on fire."	p. 116
War Managers: Pundits and Policy Officials	p. 123
Andrew J. Bacevich, "The military effort is a futile one." David Horowitz, "There is no question that the war was justified."	p. 132
Hans Blix, "How can you prove that there is no mouse in the New York Metropolitan Opera?"	p. 136
Colonel Lawrence B. V/ilkerson (Ret.), "I do think that there will be some war crimes action against the Bush administration."	p. 142
Douglas J. Feith, "We worked in the open, not conspiratorially."	p. 148
Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski (Ret.), "I call propaganda production."	p. 152
John Brady Kiesling, "What would happen if I resigned?"	p. 158
Major General Paul Eaton (Ret.), "You have the number two guy in government saying that torture is okay."	p. 163
Terrence K. Kelly, "They put themselves in harms way to try to help Iraq."	p. 167
Samir Adil, "The Iraqi people believe in unity, we love each other."	p. 172
Donny George Youkhanna, "This was a serious accusation; it meant killing immediately."	p. 176
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 197
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