The war we could not stop

the long version

"Guardian and Observer journalists - some of them in the heat of battle - have assembled an instant history of the most controversial war of modern times. Both the point of view, a deconstruction of the official, U.S. government line, and much of the reporting will be fresh to American readers, including eyewitness accounts of the bombardment of Baghdad from within the city. Reporters traveled - both "embedded" and as free agents - with the coalition troops on ship and on land. At one point the Guardian and Observer between them had a dozen reporters and photographers inside Iraq. No future history of the war will be possible without reference to the daily dispatches of these journalists. Half a dozen reporters in America and three Arabic speakers around the region brought different perspectives. Defense, diplomatic, environmental, and political correspondents all played their essential parts. Some parts of the diplomatic and political narrative are as well sourced as any future historian could want. Some parts of the action on the ground are vivid pieces of first-hand witness that no historian will be able to match."--BOOK JACKET.