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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks.The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Tide”, “Home Front USA”, “Around the World, and Above”, “Total War”, and “Good-Byes”, and features a collection of individual accounts told to ...
The British critic Aidan Hartley wrote in his review that Jarhead was an "excellent book" about the daily life of a "jarhead" (American slang for a Marine) that told the story of the Gulf War from the vantage point of a Marine serving on the ground.
The Gulf states, however, are investing heavily in infrastructure and alliances to counter Ankara’s ambitions. This is not just a contest for influence but a broader struggle over the direction ...
Harry G. Summers Jr. (May 6, 1932 – November 14, 1999) is best known as the author of an analysis of the Vietnam War, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War (1982). An infantry colonel in the US Army , he had served as a squad leader in the Korean War and as a battalion and corps operations officer in the Vietnam War.
It is currently one of the most heavily militarized areas in the world despite the name. [4] Kuwait–Iraq barrier – The United Nations Security Council approved the creation of a demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait in Resolution 689 after the Persian Gulf War. Although the demilitarized zone is no longer mandated by the council, it ...
In the aftermath of the Gulf War, the Nayirah testimony came to be regarded as a classic example of modern atrocity propaganda. [1] [2] Nayirah's story was initially corroborated by Amnesty International, which published a report about the supposed killings [3] and testimony from Kuwaiti evacuees.
Zabibah's husband is a cruel and unloving man who rapes her. The book is set in 7th- or 8th-century Tikrit, Hussein's home town. Although the book is on the surface a romance novel, it is (and was intended to be read as) [citation needed] an allegory. The hero is Hussein and Zabibah represents the Iraqi people.