REVIEW: 'Embedded' with the invaded Iraqi people

Abstract

Wilson's Long drive Through A Short War is a personal account of their time in Iraq during the invasion and a subsequent post-war visit to the country to see the fate of the people he had met. Hersh's Chain of Command provides many of the missing links to those seeking greater insight into the wider struggle of Iraq's civil war unleashed by the failure of US post-invasion policy, even if this is not officially admitted. His 'muckracking' investigations concentrate on the policy failures, corruptions and abuses of power.

Keywords

• war reporting
• investigative journalism
• personal accounts
• tragedy
• Coalition forces
• Frontline