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One Hundred and One Nights: A Novel About Life In A War-Ravaged Iraq by Benjamin Buchholz

On January 9, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A breathtaking tale of friendship, love, and betrayal, One Hundred and One Nights is an unforgettable novel about the struggle for salvation and the power of family.

Can Intervention Work? (Amnesty International Global Ethics Series) by Rory Stewart and Gerald Knaus

On September 3, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Political, by Wilfried F. Voss

Rory Stewart (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus distill their remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military interventions into a potent examination of what we can and cannot achieve in a new era of “nation building.”

Sand Queen – The Tale Of Two Women In Iraq by Helen Benedict

On August 30, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp.

A Soldier’s Dream: Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq by William Doyle

On August 20, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Travis Patriquin, a young Special Forces officer, had already won a Bronze Star in Afghanistan before being transferred to Iraq. An Arabic linguist, Patriquin set out to establish a crucial network with tribal leaders built on mutual trust and respect.

The Wreckage: A Thriller by Michael Robotham

On July 9, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Billions of dollars are missing from Iraqi banks, and journalist Luca Terracini will risk everything to discover where it is. His Iraqi-American background has made it easier for him to infiltrate the darkest corners of the war, but death of his beloved Nicola in a suicide bombing has made him reckless. He has nothing left to lose.

SHADE IT BLACK: Death and After in Iraq by Jessica Goodell and John Hearn

On June 22, 2011, in Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

With sensitivity and insight, Jess describes her job retrieving and examining the remains of fellow soldiers lost in combat in Iraq, and the psychological intricacy of coping with their fates, as well as her own. Death assumed many forms during the war, and the challenge of maintaining one’s own humanity could be difficult.

The Profession: A Thriller by Steven Pressfield

On June 12, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The year is 2032. The third Iran-Iraq war is over; the 11/11 dirty bomb attack on the port of Long Beach, California is receding into memory; Saudi Arabia has recently quelled a coup; Russians and Turks are clashing in the Caspian Basin; Iranian armored units, supported by the satellite and drone power of their Chinese allies, have emerged from their enclaves in Tehran and are sweeping south attempting to recapture the resource rich territory that had been stolen from them, in their view, by Lukoil, BP, and ExxonMobil and their privately-funded armies.

Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo

On February 7, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

“I cook to comprehend the place I’ve landed in,” muses Ciezadlo early in her first book, a vividly written memoir of her adventures in travel and taste in the Middle East. Like any successful travelogue writer, she fills her pages with luminous, funny, and stirring portraits of the places and people she came across in her time abroad.

Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family by Tamara Chalabi

On January 22, 2011, in Book Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

The daughter of a vocal critic of Saddam Hussein, Chalabi traces her family history back four generations, through a hundred years of turbulent Iraqi history. Chalabi’s great-grandfather, Abdul Hussein, a Shia Muslim, became the minister of education in an administration largely dominated by Sunnis in the 1920s. His son, Hadi, the author’s grandfather, becomes a successful businessman only to have his life put in jeopardy when he is arrested for treason.

Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

On November 30, 2010, in Book Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

This painstaking and balanced book studies the experience of one airborne platoon in Iraq’s deadly “Black Triangle,” where U.S. forces have racked up a larger number of casualties than in any other area of the country.

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