Mar 10th, 2010 · Since the U.S. invasion, 4 million Iraqis have had to leave their homes. An additional 2 million have left the country entirely, and many are still outside its borders. NPR's Deborah Amos tells the story of these displaced Iraqi citizens in her new book, Eclipse of the Sunnis.
Mar 9th, 2010 · Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes. Another 2 million have fled the country entirely. Throughout the war, NPR's Deborah Amos has spent much of her time with Iraqis, who fled to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. She has a new book out: Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East.
Mar 1st, 2010 · Iraqis will vote Sunday in what many say is the country's most important election since the U.S.-led invasion seven years ago. In nationwide polls four years ago, voters elected a large number of Islamists to parliament. But now, religion seems to be playing a much less prominent role.
Feb 18th, 2010 · Pakistani authorities say they have apprehended more militant chiefs, including the Taliban's shadow governors in two provinces in northern Afghanistan. The recent wave of arrests represents the biggest blow to the militant group since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.
Jan 29th, 2010 · Former Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged Friday that Saddam Hussein didn't become a bigger threat after Sept. 11, but said his perception of the risk posed by terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction was dramatically changed by the attacks. Blair told Britain's Iraq Inquiry that his contentious decision to back the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was inspired by fears of another, even deadlier, terror attack.
Jan 16th, 2010 · The atom bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed — by some estimates — more than 200,000 people. In Hell To Pay, military historian D.M. Giangreco argues that the alternative, a land invasion of Japan, would have been many times more deadly. Japanese estimates, Giangreco says, set the figure at 20 million.
Dec 10th, 2009 · Britain's senior military representative in Iraq said that "amateurs" were put into key roles in post-invasion Iraq, and lives had been lost as a result. Lt. Gen. Frederick Viggers said senior officials needed more training to deal with the complexities involved in mounting an invasion.
Dec 4th, 2009 · After debuting on the list last week, The Piano Teacher by former Elle editor Janice Y. K. Lee moves up to No. 8. The novel tells the story of a high-level English official living in British-controlled Hong Kong in the years leading up to and following the invasion by the Japanese in 1941.