Overview of the role the United States played in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, through eyewitness accounts, letters and photos from participants.
Audience
Middle School.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Contents
Terror attacks -- Going to war -- Canada and other allies -- The enemy -- Life in Afghanistan -- Afghan allies -- Special forces -- On patrol -- Going to war in Iraq -- The army in Iraq -- Special forces in Iraq -- Operation Iraqi Freedom -- Protests on the home front -- The Iraqi insurgency -- The troop surge -- Medicine and nursing -- Recreation -- Defeat of Saddam Hussein -- Withdrawal from Iraq -- The hunt for Osama Bin Laden.