This memoir of fourteen months as America's proconsul in Iraq is the only senior insider's perspective on the crucial period following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. Bremer describes negotiations with emerging Iraqi leaders as they struggle to forge the democratic institutions vital to Iraq's future; his resistance to the cut-and-run policy that would have quickly delivered governance of Iraq to a handful of unrepresentative anti-Saddam...

Documentary in three parts. Offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the U.S. presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied. American director James Longley spent more than...

"In Waging Peace, veteran war correspondent Rob Schultheis takes you into West Baghdad with Civil Affairs Team-A 13 as they face death threats, ambushes, and roadside bombs while struggling to revitalize a neighborhood scarred by battle and three decades of corruption and neglect under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. Along the way he brings to life the unforgettable men and women of CAT-A 13: a former Peace Corps volunteer whose taste for the exotic...

This is a collection of articles in which authors debate issues concerning Afghanistan including the military situation, the status of human rights, and the progress being made towards democracy.