![]() ![]() Humanities Magazine: A Focus on American Culture and the ArtsĬenter of Military History Children Congress Consumers Department of Defense Department of Health & Human Services Department of the Interior ebooks Family Government Printing Office (GPO) Health care Libraries Military History NASA National Park Service Teachers and teaching U.S.English Teaching Forum Anniversary Edition.Medicare Anniversary: America’s Health Insurance.Watch GPO Director Hugh Halpern’s testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.… /i/web/status/1…*** Latest tweet from GPO *** 52 minutes ago g) GPO Institute: Training for Publishing & Communications.e) GPO Express Print-on-Demand via FedEx Kinko's.b) Find Your GPO National Account Manager (NAM) by State.f) Catalog of Government Publications (CGP).View Posts by Topic View Posts by Topic.View Posts by Month View Posts by Month.English Teaching Forum Anniversary Edition.Marines in Iraq, 2004-2008 is a fine book for readers and bibliography-philes alike. The bibliography, as the title says, is annotated, so it’s a handy guide to the mainly periodical literature covering these crucial four years of U.S.intervention in Iraq and undoubtedly will be useful to scholars and soldiers alike. ![]() As a bonus, each article begins with a striking color photograph of Marines in their varied roles inIraq, from combat to pacification. Marines might not love everything journalists and experts write about them, but they’re willing to address criticism, not just ignore it – and I liked this open-mindedness. Coverage of controversies such as the killings of civilians at Haditha and blunt discussions of whether the American course of action in Iraq was selfless or madness make this collection a lot more than just a “how-to” guide to irregular warfare or IEDs (improvised explosive devices). It also includes articles from such distinctly non-military sources as Vanity Fair and Foreign Affairs, and they’re not always totally favorable. Most of the book is anthology – and not just selections from the Marine Corps Gazette, although there are some excellent ones from that estimable publication. What percentage was going to be anthology as opposed to bibliography? Marines in Iraq, 2004-2008: An Anthology and Annotated Bibliography, I had mixed feelings. When I saw that the title of this 2011 Library Journal notable Government document was U.S. Non-fiction books need to have them, they’re great to skim through to locate more books on favorite topics – but they’re not exactly scintillating reading. Book buyers and book hunters (who tend to be one and the same) are funny about bibliographies. ![]()
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