War in Iraq: Web Links

The War Behind Closed Doors The people, the clashes—and ultimately the “grand strategy”— behind George W. Bush’s determination to go to war with Iraq. From PBS Frontline.

The President’s Real Goal in Iraq Opinion piece by Jay Bookman in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on the reasons behind the Iraq war.

Reaction to “Bush’s Real Goal in Iraq” A criticism of the above article.

Bush’s Grand Strategy By Andrew J. Bachevich. From The American Conservative.

The Bush Doctrine A transcribed discussion between James Woolsey (former CIA director), James Lindsay (Brookings Institution), Victor Davis Hanson (visiting professor at the U.S. Naval Academy), and Daniel Brumberg (professor at Georgetown University). From FrontPage magazine.

Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security By David C. Hendrickson, World Policy Journal.

A Grand Strategy of Transformation By John Lewis Gaddis. From Foreign Policy.

Essential Elements Missing in the National Security Strategy of 2002 By Charles Knight. From the Commonwealth Institute Project on Defense Alternatives.

The New National Security Strategy and Preemption By Michael E. O’Hanlon, Susan E. Rice, and James B. Steinberg. From the Brookings Institution.

The Bush Doctrine and War with Iraq By Jeffrey Record.

A Strategy Foretold By Tom Barry, codirector of Foreign Policy In Focus.

Understanding the Bush Doctrine (PDF file) By Robert Jervis in the Political Science Quarterly, Fall 2003.

Bush’s National Security Strategy is a Misnomer (PDF file) By Charles V. Peña of the Cato Institute in Policy Analysis, October 2003.

The New National Security Strategy: An Effective Blueprint for the War on Terror By Jack Spencer, Heritage Foundation.

Google Directory: Bush Doctrine Links.

Government of Iraq

Iraqi Government (In Arabic)

Kurdistan Regional Government (In English)

Links:

Google Directory: Iraq Government

Open Directory Project: Iraq Government

Yahoo Directory: Iraq Government

Non-Government Organizations

Human Rights Groups

Amnesty International: Iraq

Human Rights Watch: Iraq

Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights: Middle East

International Organization for Migration

Humanitarian Organizations

U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Think Tanks

American Enterprise Institute: Middle East

Baker Institute for Public Policy

Brookings Institution: Iraq

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Iraq

Cato Institute: Iraq

Center for American Progress: War in Iraq

Center for Defense Information: Iraq

Center for Security Policy: War on Iraq

Center for Strategic & International Studies: Iraq War

Council on Foreign Relations: Iraq

Foreign Policy in Focus: Iraq

Global Policy Forum: Iraq

GlobalSecurity.org: Iraq

Heritage Foundation: Iraq

Hudson Institute: Middle East

Institute for Policy Studies: Iraq

International Crisis Group: Iraq

New America Foundation: Iraq

Project for the New American Century: Iraq

Project on Defense Alternatives: Insurgent Iraq

Rand: Iraq

Stimson Center: Iraq

Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Iraq

News Media & Publications

Newspapers

Christian Science Monitor: Iraq in Transition

Los Angeles Times: Iraq

New York Times Topics: Iraq

Washington Post: Iraq

Financial Times (U.K.): Iraq in Crisis

Guardian Unlimited (U.K.): Iraq

Times of London (U.K.): Iraq

Haaretz (Israel): War in Iraq

Magazines

American Prospect: Iraq/The War on Terror

Nation: Iraq War

Reason: Iraq

National Review: Iraq

Newsweek: Iraq War

New Yorker: Iraq

Washington Quarterly: Iraq Large archive of stories on Iraq.

Broadcast News

CBS News: Iraq After Saddam

CNN: War in Iraq

BBC News: The Struggle for Iraq

CBC News: Iraq

Radio Free Europe: Iraq

Aljazeera: Middle East

PBS Online NewsHour: Iraq in Transition

Weblogs & Pundits

The Slate Field Guide to Iraq Pundits A 2003 run-down of the hawks and doves.

University of Michigan Documents Center: Iraq War Debate 2002–present

U.S.- IRAQ ProCon.org: Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?

Informed Comment By Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan.

Altercation By Eric Alternman, liberal writer for the Nation.

Andrew Sullivan Conservative writer who initially favored and now opposes the war.

David Frum’s Diary Conservative writer who coined “axis of evil” for a President George W. Bush speech.

InstaPundit By conservative Glenn Reynolds, professor of law, University of Tennessee.

War in Context Anti-war blog.

Blogs of War A pro-war blog with links to other bloggers favoring the war.

Blogs from Iraqis:

Iraq the Model Also has good collection of links to other blogs.

Iraq Blog Count A collection of links to Iraqi blogs.

GlobalSecurity.org: Iraq Blogs Scroll down for a large list of blogs on Iraq.

Washington Post: Blogging the War: A Guide An article describing many blogs on the war.

Other News Sources

Yahoo News Full Coverage: Iraq

Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Iraq

Middle East Research and Information Project News analysis, commentary, and in-depth coverage.

Middle East Media Research Institute: Iraq News on Iraq from Middle East sources.

U.N. News Centre: Iraq The latest news from the United Nations.

Legal News:

FindLaw: Special Coverage: Iraq Aftermath

Jurist: Iraq Crisis

Diamond Law Library, Columbia Law School: The War on Iraq: Legal Issues

Opinion Polls

PollingReport: Iraq

World Public Opinion: Studies of Global Opinion Information and analysis on public opinion from around the world.

Roper Center: Public Opinion on Iraq Data from polls conducted by many survey research organizations.

Constitutional Rights Foundation Research Links: Opinion Polls Links to more polling information.

Editorial Cartoons on the Iraq War

Professional Cartoonist Index: Iraq War in Cartoons Large collection of political cartoons on the Iraq War.

Cartoonist Group: Iraq Cartoons Hundreds of editorial cartoons on Iraq.

Cartoon Bank: Iraq Cartoons from the New Yorker magazine (not editorial cartoons).

CSL News Cartoons: Iraq Cartoons

Analyses of Media Coverage

Journalism.org: Journalism in a Time of War An archive of stories on the wartime press from January to May 2003.

Media News Tracker: Iraq Reports on media issues. From MediaChannel.org.

FAIR Liberal media watchdog group.

Iraq Occupation

Accuracy in Media Conservative media watchdog group.

Columbia Journalism Review

The Note Long summary of what the media are saying.

Romenesko Weblog of media news. From Poynter.

Behind the Homefront A weblog of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public’s right to know. From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

The Journalists’ Toolbox

Iraq

Iraq Coverage Resources From Poynter Online.

War Coverage Resources From the Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation.

Books

The Future of Iraq, Dictatorship, Democracy, or Division? By Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield

The Iraq War: Causes and Consequences By Rick Fawn and Raymond A. Hinnebusch

The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions Edited by Christopher Cerf and Micah L. Sifry.

The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq By Kenneth Pollack.

War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn’t Want You to Know By William Rivers Pitt with Scott Ritter.

The Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraq By Kanan Makiya.

The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq By George Packer.

NPR: Talk of the Nation: Iraq Reading List Experts recommend books on Iraq.

Amazon.com A listing of books on these subjects:

History: Iraq

War in Iraq

The War & Occupation

Initial Phase of the War

Jules Crittenden Boston Herald reporter who was embedded with U.S. troops in 2003.

Letter From Iraq A 2003 dispatch by reporter Borzou Daragahi.

Links to Journalists Reporting From the War Zone From Poynter.

Weblogs and Diaries From Embedded Journalists Links to many weblogs. From Cyberjournalist.

Time Magazine: 21 Days to Baghdad A pictorial history of this period.

Department of Defense: Iraq’s 55 Most Wanted

Democracy and Ethno-Religious Conflict in Iraq (PDF file) A 26-page report written in 2003 by Andreas Wimmer, professor of sociology, UCLA

Coalition Provisional Authority

Encyclopedia Articles:

Wikipedia: Coalition Provisional Authority

Answers.com: Coalition Provisional Authority

Coalition Provisional Authority Archived web site of the now-defunct CPA.

Information Clearing House: Who’s Who in the Coalition Provisional Authority A critical look at the American personnel chosen to run Iraq.

Yahoo Directory: Coalition Provisional Authority Links.

The Insurgents

Encyclopedia Articles:

Wikipedia: Iraqi Insurgency

Answers.com: Iraqi Insurgency

U.S. Institute of Peace: Who Are the Insurgents? Sunni Arab Rebels in Iraq A 2005 report.

BBC News Guide: Armed groups in Iraq An overview of the different insurgent groups.

Washington Post: Iraq’s Insurgents: Who’s Who Another overview of the groups.

Statistics on the War and Occupation

National Priorities Project: Cost of War

The Economic Costs of the Iraq War: An Appraisal Three Years after the Beginning of the Conflict (PDF file) By Linda Bilmes of Harvard University’s Kennedy School and Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University.

Iraq Body Count Database of violent civilian deaths during and since the 2003 invasion.

Department of Defense: U.S. Military Casualty Update (PDF file)

Military Times: Honor the Fallen Database of those who fought and died in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

CNN: U.S. and Coalition Casualties: Iraq

Iraq War Coalition Fatalities Map

Iraq Index A statistical compilation of economic, public opinion, and security data.

War & Occupation

Encyclopedia Articles:

Encarta: U.S.-Iraq War

Wikipedia: Iraq War

Answers.com: Iraq War

Citizendium: Iraq War

Encyclopedia of the Orient: US/British-Iraq War

U.S. Options in Iraq

Council on Foreign Relations: What Should Be The U.S. Exit Strategy From Iraq? Four experts reply in this 2005 interview.

Dissent Magazine: Exit or No Exit? Morality and the Withdrawal from Iraq Five experts tackle this question.

BBC News: Key options for Iraq exit strategy

Cato Institute: U.S. Options in Iraq: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by Charles V. Peña. He thinks leaving is the least bad option.

FrontPage Magazine: U.S. Options in Iraq By Michael Rubin. He urges that the surge continue.

New York Review of Books: Iraq: The Way to Go By Peter W. Galbraith. He argues for a soft partition of Iraq.

Rand: U.S. Policy Options for Iraq: A Reassessment A 2007 book. You can download the document as a PDF file for free.

Washington Post: Exit Strategies An article by Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks on the debate about how and when to leave Iraq.

SourceWatch: Exit Strategy From Iraq An overview from a left perspective.

Boston Review: Exit Strategy: How to disengage from Iraq in 18 months By Barry R. Posen.

Project on Defense Alternatives: Iraq War Withdrawal and Exit Plans Links to many articles of differing political persuasion on how the United States should remove itself from Iraq.

Link Collections

Open Directory Project: Iraq War

Yahoo: War in Iraq

Google Web Directory: Specific Conflicts: Iraq

Librarian’s Index to the Internet: Iraq War

American Library Association: Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq

Middle East Review of International Affairs: Post-Saddam Iraq

East Carolina University: Joyner Library: The War on Terrorism: Post-Saddam Iraq

U.S. Institute of Peace: Iraq Web Links

Updated: November 7, 2007

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