Middle East and North Africa: Iraq War

This list includes books about Iraq, the 1991 war and recent events in the Persian Gulf. The books are linked to their original New York Times reviews. The books are arranged in order of date, beginning with the most recent.

The New York Times ongoing coverage of the war in Iraq

Put together by GlobalSecurity.org, a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security. With its editorial office located in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, the organization self-describes as a "leading source of background information and developing news stories" in these fields.

A special report from National Public Radio (NPR) providing ongoing coverage of the situation in Iraq.

This page was archived in May 2003 when President Bush declared an end to major combat. However, the coalition casualties list continues to be updated.

Archives of about 14,000 documents and articles on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives, a not-for-profit policy research organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that seeks to adapt defense policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-cold war era.

Materials by the Institute for the Study of War.

The BBC's timeline summary of important events in the Iraq War, with links to news articles.

This is a link to all UN Security Council resolutions related to Iraq. (You will need to know the date of the specific resolution you are looking for.)

Records the violent civilian deaths that have resulted from the 2003 military intervention in Iraq. Its public database includes deaths caused by US-led coalition forces and paramilitary or criminal attacks by others. Data is drawn from crosschecked media reports of violent events leading to the death of civilians, or of bodies being found, and is supplemented by the careful review and integration of hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures.

Collection of declassified documents on the war in Iraq by National Security Archive.

A collection of declassified documents by NSA that show the importance of phony intelligence in the origins of the Iraq War.

Congressional report providing a substantial record of the facts underlying the conclusions of the Committee regarding the intelligence community's prewar assessments of Iraq's programs for weapons of mass destruction and its ties to terrorism.