A War Against Truth: An Intimate Account of the Invasion of Iraq

by Paul William Roberts

Book Overview

A scathing indictment of the Bush administration's imperialism, this work recounts the author's experiences in the liberated Iraq. This is his expose of the politics behind the war - and the reality... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551926881
• ISBN13: 9781551926889
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Raincoast Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A moment-by-moment invasion experience

Canadian report Paul William Roberts spent three decades covering the Middle East and was one of the few journalist6 to have interviewed Saddam Husseun, so he knows Iraq better than those newly there - and he was in Baghdad when the bombs fell. A WAR AGAINST TRUTH: AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF THE INVASION OF IRAQ is thus much more than an outsider's report: it's a detailed first-person moment-by- moment account of politics, personalities and history by one who has spent most of his adult life learning and absorbing. An excellent non-American, non-Middle-East perspective is developed.

Important Reading For All

What was supposed to be a quick visit to the bookstore turned into an hour of page turning and the purchase of a Masterpiece thanks to the blatant honesty and cunning wit of Mr. Paul William Roberts. One often asks what makes a good author and what makes a good book. Pick up A War Against Truth and you will be enlightened by a great book from the pen of a great author. Honest, poignant, hardhitting truth seem to flow quite nicely from the pen to the page, from the page to the heart.Be prepared to laugh, to cry and to be terrifically angry, then sit down with a copy of this book today. You will not be disappointed.

If you read a single book on the Iraq war, this should be it

This book captured my attention like no other. PWR perfectly recreates the emotion of witnessing the American Empire rape and pillage Iraq. Hopefully it won't take too many more innocent lives before the American people learn from their mistakes.

A Tribute to the Iraqi People

This book moved me deeply. It honoured the Iraqi people. Written by an author who is obviously very intelligent and humane, he writes sometimes in anger (understandably - his Iraqi friend and family were most probably "lit up" in their car near Fallujah), but mostly with a humanity and depth of understanding that left me awed. Paul Roberts takes you into the amazing history of these wonderful, intelligent people, who have not yet lost the ability to feel another's pain, and to cry unashamedly when the pain is too great. I have read a great deal on Iraq and its history. This is, to date, the most powerful and the most humane. Plus some very interesting little tidbits, like his discussion with Prince Faisa of Jordan. What DID happen to the Hussein brothers? If you read no other book on Iraq, I would definitely recommend this one.