by Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian
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Collateral Damage brings together testimony from the largest number of on the record, named, combat veterans who reveal the disturbing, daily reality of war and occupation in Iraq. Through their eyes, we learn how the mechanics of war lead to the abuse and frequent killing of innocents. They describe convoys of vehicles roaring down roads, smashing into cars, and hitting Iraqi civilians. They detail raids that leave families shot dead in the mayhem. And they describe a battlefield in which troops, untrained to distinguish between combatants and civilians, are authorized to shoot whenever they feel threatened.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 On purpose?, 2009-07-12
This is just a factional story of how to make enemies out of potential friends, after all, the majority of Iraqis were glad to get help to get rid of Saddam. Unfortunately it seems that this was the intended result, to create further chaos, rather than peace. Well documented.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Must reading for every American citizen, 2008-07-22
This book deals in the ugly civilian deaths in Iraq which resulted from our invasion. The authors, who are scholars, carefully document their work. They honestly present the viewpoint of the American soldier and the Iraqi citizen. It becomes clear in the course of their treatise that while civilian deaths may be inevitable (that alone should be a powerful deterrent to invading a country!), in Iraq bad military planning and preparation and a lack of concern for the civilian population we are supposed to be serving have made the situation much, much worse. I came away feeling some empathy with the troops, fury at the military leadership, and much sadness for the Iraqis.
8 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
 A Trivial Screed, 2008-07-18
The authors get it right -- but so what? Their "insights" are within the reach of an intermittent viewer of the nightly news. Their analysis could be easily compressed into a paragraph or two. Reminds me of an unedited freshman term paper written during an all-nighter --or worse-- a pulpit jeremiad.
11 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
America bashing, 2008-07-03
Everyone knows that war is horrific, and that terrible, unjust acts are sometimes committed by individual soldiers in theater. It is also widely known and understood that the experience of war often has a tremendously traumatic effect on those soldiers participating in it. However, this book seeks to portray American soldiers in entirety as unstable mad dogs who, because of their own pain and confusion, become mass murderers and sadistic oppressive brutes. In my opinion this book is just a return to the "baby killer" name calling of American soldiers that took place during and after Vietnam. It is just that now it is wrapped in a prettier package to draw direct responsibility away from the soldier and apply it to America itself, the message of the sadistic mad dog brute that is the American soldier is still the same in the end though.
25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
Poweful and insightful., 2008-06-26
This book divided into 4 parts, (checkpoints, raids, convoys and detentions) gives you a daily life front row seat for what it's really like in Iraq. I kept lowering the book and saying to myself "We'll never be able to make it up to them. NEVER". (Soldiers and civilians). Can you imagine being innocent and no one understands what you're saying? Not able to stop the car at a check point because the brakes don't work? Having your dog shot in front of you? Having your friends killed because they couldn't avoid a convoy? This book gives you many accounts on what it's really like over there. I highly recommend it.
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