Erasing Iraq

The Human Costs of Carnage

By: Michael Otterman, Richard Hil, Paul Wilson, Dahr Jamail (Foreword by)

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Paperback | 4 March 2010 | Edition Number 1

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For nearly two decades, the US and its allies have prosecuted war and aggression in Iraq. Erasing Iraq shows in unparalleled detail the devastating human cost.

Western governments and the mainstream media continue to ignore or play down the human costs of the war on Iraqi citizens This has allowed them to present their role as the benign guardians of Iraqi interests. The authors deconstruct this narrative by presenting a portrait of the total carnage in Iraq today as told by Iraqis and other witnesses who experienced it first hand.

Featuring in-depth interviews with Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan and from Western countries, Erasing Iraq is a comprehensive and moving account of the Iraqi people's tragedy.

About the Author

Michael Otterman is a journalist and human rights consultant based in New York City. He is the author of American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. As a consultant, he has worked with NGOs from around the globe including Jubilee Australia and Catalyst Inc.

Richard Hil is Senior Lecturer in Arts and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, Australia.

Paul Wilson, OAM, is Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and Chair of Criminology at Bond University. He is the author or co-author of over 25 books on criminal justice.

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If I could only recommend one book that provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation in Iraq today, and the decades of US-backed policy it took to create this nightmare scenario, Erasing Iraq is it. -- Dahr Jamail, independent journalist

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: Hearts of Stone	p. 1
Iraqis Under Siege	p. 14
Everything is Destroyed	p. 14
Interests Inimical to Our Own	p. 19
Mouths Open Swallowing Bombs	p. 24
The Price of Sanctions	p. 28
Fear and Flight	p. 34
Online Witnesses	p. 37
Refugee Voices	p. 54
Exodus	p. 54
Three Waves of Suffering	p. 62
In Jordan	p. 67
In Syria	p. 75
In Transit	p. 79
In Australia	p. 83
Censoring Civilians	p. 88
Favorable Objectivity	p. 88
Managing Grenada, Panama, and Gulf War I	p. 91
A Double-Edged Sword	p. 95
Embedded Perspectives	p. 104
Collective Self-Censorship	p. 107
Carry Our Water	p. 112
Shaping Falluja	p. 118
Dead Bodies Don't Count	p. 130
Neither Time Nor Inclination	p. 131
We May Never Know	p. 133
Conflicting Counts	p. 139
The Six-Figure Fight	p. 145
The Lesser of Two Evils?	p. 150
Still Counting	p. 152
Opening the Vault	p. 157
Iraqi Sociocide	p. 162
Childhood Lost	p. 163
Women at Risk	p. 168
Gay Life and Death	p. 173
End of Faith	p. 179
Pushed Out	p. 181
Looting is Liberating	p. 183
Year Zero	p. 188
Lost Antiquity	p. 196
Iraqi Sociocide	p. 204
Postscript: People of No Moment	p. 206
Notes	p. 214
Index	p. 238
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