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The Iraq War (Hardcover)

by John Keegan (Author)

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Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (May 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1400041996
ISBN-13: 978-1400041992
Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.8 x 2.9 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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The war against Saddam Hussein, described and analysed by our foremost military historian. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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John Keegan is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the author of many bestselling books including The Face of Battle, Six Armies in Normandy, Battle at Sea, The Second World War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper Prize), Warpaths, The Battle for History, The First World War, and most recently, Intelligence in War. For many years John Keegan was the Senior Lecturer in Military History at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and he has been a Fellow of Princeton University and Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the OBE in the Gulf War honours list, and was knighted in the Millennium honours list in 1999. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Objective Single-volume Work, 8 Jan 2009

By	Paul T Horgan (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Iraq War (Hardcover)

The Anglo-American occupation of Iraq is highly controversial for a number of reasons. The military action took second place the months of negotiations beforehand and the insurgency that took place afterwards does make the casualties of the occupation pale into insignificance. In fact the entire campaign of March-April 2003 is highly reminiscent of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Resistance was provided by irregulars and was quickly quashed.

So what is there for a military historian to write about? Well, quite a lot. Keegan gives us a potted history of Iraq and the rise of Saddam and also of the attitudes of the population and their faith. He covers the pre-war discussions at the UN, highlighting France's intransigence, which forced Bush and Blair to go it alone. Jacques Chiraq is portrayed in an unflattering light for effectively propping up a disgusting regime (on a side note, this seems consistent - Giscard D'Estaing was mates with the cannibal Bokassa and Mitterand collaborated with the Vichy regime in WWII). He gets into the mindset of all the protagonists and outlines the reasons for their actions and also what divided the western democracies over how to deal with Iraq.

There is little detail about the fighting, but that is not necessary as there was so little - the Iraq army faded away as soldiers threw off their uniforms and went home in civvies.

Keegan briefly covers the aftermath of the fighting, the botched attempt at nation-building and also the Dr Kelly affair.

He has produced a single volume work that will stand the test of time. This is not an instant book. Its detailed explanation of the events means that this is a book that will be referred to in decades to come by any reader wanting to grasp the salient details from an objective point of view without the need for further explanations of any of the terms used.

If you want to understand this war without the author getting on their high horse then this book is for you. Read this book and then make up your own mind.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not his best, 28 May 2008

By	A. Callow (Aberdeen, scotland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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As a long term reader of Keegan's work I found this book a little disapointing. After a very good introduction coviering the recent history of Iraq and a reasonable section on the rise of Saddam (for me John Simpson's coverage is better), I think Keegan loses his objectivity when covering the military operations of Iraqi Freedom and particularly the British Op Telic. The coverage of Op Telic, though only a small part, comes across as particularly gushing.

I disagree with an earlier reviewer about the detail of the military operations. For me Cobra II provided a far better account, as did Rick's Fiasco.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction, 11 Jul 2006

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John Keegan has produced a good introduction to the Iraq war in this book. The first few chapters of the book concentrate on the history and religion of Iraq and the Middle East before the rise of Saddam Hussein. This part of the book is particularly interesting and helpful in explaining the current crisis. Keegan then describes the rise of saddam and his clash with the West in 1990 and the current crisis. The military operations are, of course, described in great detail.

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