Category Archives: Iraq

Dexter Filkins, The Forever War

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Luke Ford

This is a great book. Here’s my favorite story so far: ‘"We’ve got this girl here in the company – blonde, she’s hot," the captain said. "This is when we were up in Mosul. We had to search all these … Continue reading →

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‘General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq’

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Luke Ford

James Traub writes in the New York Times about General David Petreaus: The ­55-year-old general is a superachiever who took on all the toughest training assignments and came away with the ­medals, a perfectionist who demands as much from others … Continue reading →

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Essential Books For Understanding The Iraq War

Posted on September 20, 2008 by Luke Ford

Hugh Hewitt writes: …Dexter Filkins’ brilliant, riveting and deeply disquieting The Forever War, now making its way up best-sellers lists. Filkins is a reporter for the New York Times, and The Forever War is a memoir of his first eight … Continue reading →

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As violence falls in Iraq, cemetery workers feel the pinch

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Luke Ford

From McClatchy: NAJAF, Iraq — At what’s believed to be the world’s largest cemetery, where Shiite Muslims aspire to be buried and millions already have been, business isn’t good. p>A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the … Continue reading →

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