iraq

Nathan Dixon, an Army officer in the middle of his career, is assigned to investigate a friendly fire incident involving a rogue unmanned ground combat vehicle (UGV), and he is forced to deal with a civilian contractor who wants his UGV company to succeed and a commander officer determined to save his own career at any cost.

A collection of photographs in which four independent photojournalists capture the horror and destruction of the war in Iraq and its impact on the country's people.

Collects the August 2003-September 2004 Web log--or "blog"--entries of a young Iraqi woman, who presents an eyewitness civilian account of the U.S.-Iraq War's impact on her country, discussing her family life, the war's effect on women's lives, and such events as the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

Presents twenty-four debate-style essays on Iraq in the wake of the fall of Saddam Hussein, discussing whether the 2003 war was justified, what role the U.S. should play in Iraq, whether the quality of life in Iraq since Hussein's defeat has been good or bad, and how the country should be reconstructed.

Hans Blix, head of the United Nations weapons inspection team, provides an account of events leading up to the U.S. declaration of war against Iraq in 2003, focusing on the question of whether Iraq really did have weapons of mass destruction as claimed by the U.S. and U.K.

Chronicles Mayada Al-Askari's experiences after being thrown into Iraq's Baladiyat Prison, the headquarters of Saddam Hussein's secret police.

An introduction to the life of Ibn al-Haytham, a pioneer in several scientific and mathematical fields who lived from approximately 950 to 1040, describing his groundbreaking work and lasting influence on modern science and mathematics.

Describes the enormous accomplishments of the Sumerians and Babylonians of ancient Mesopotamia in every scientific area, a heritage which affects our own everyday lives.