Mother of All Battles Now Available
For the past few years, my readers have seen
the cover of a book at the end of my current columns. During that period, the
approximate date of completion has changed several times. Even the name changed.
That’s all in the past. The Mother of All Battles: The Endless U.S.-Iraq War
is available for delivery.
When I began to outline the book, I had no idea of the amount of time it would
take to complete the project. Initially, I considered the book would be about
320 pages long. The completed project consists of a work that is 400 pages in
length.
Along the way, I corresponded with many people to whom I owe a debt of
gratitude. Some supplied me with photos while others gave me crucial
information. Because of the ongoing accumulation of information, the book grew
and also the time of publishing was changed.
I consider The Mother of All Battles to be far different from other books
written about Iraq. For one, I have corresponded with, or interviewed, hundreds
of Iraqis: scientists, professors, army officers, business people, taxi drivers,
doctors, students, and others. Many authors have written about Iraq without ever
meeting an Iraqi.
Much of the historical information is just that: history. I went back to
published information about Iraq prior to its being changed and bastardized by
the West. Today's depiction of Iraq by the West is horrendous and denigrates not
only former Iraqi political leaders, but the Iraqi public. In addition, many
Iraqis have corroborated the information I put forth in the book.
There are 52 photos and illustrations, many that have never been seen in
publications before. Some are quite gory, but they depict the truth and severity
of the U.S.-led atrocities against Iraq.
The concept of the book is that from the late 1980s, maybe earlier, plans were
put afoot by the U.S. to destroy Iraq. From that time until today, there has
been one continuous battle, not various actions, such as the first Gulf War, the
embargo years, the March 2003 invasion and the ensuing occupation. These
occurrences are all pieces of one puzzle: the U.S. has been at war with Iraq for
at least 20 years, from the time of the signing of the cease-fire that ended the
Iran-Iraq War until today.
The price of the book is $27.95 (U.S.). Shipping and handling costs are $6.95
for U.S. orders; $10.95 for Canadian orders; and $12.95 for all other areas.
Each book will be shipped by USPS Priority Mail. Most U.S. orders will take
about three to five days for delivery, while international orders are usually
delivered from four to six days from posting.
Click on the following link for ordering information:
http://malcomlagauche.com/id8.html
Currently, several people are reading The Mother of All Battles and will
supply reviews. One is complete and I will include it here. I realize that the
wait has been long, but I consider it worthwhile. I hope to inform you of a
realistic view of the 20 years of agony that Iraq has suffered at the hands of
the U.S. and some of its "allies."
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The history of the US war against Iraq has
been written. It is titled "The Mother of All Battles" (ISBN #
978-0-976-3366-1-7), and is written by the redoubtable Jeff Archer, also known
as cyberblogger Malcom Lagauche.
Many English-language volumes have been produced purporting to be an account of
US-led depredations against Iraq. None has taken the side of the Iraqi people
and their government. None has accurately reported the extent of Iraqi suffering
and the ways and means devised to bring about the genocide and subjugation of
that land and its people. None has given a positive account of the Ba'ath and
the Resistance led by it, something almost never mentioned anywhere in the
"media", which turn out to be mouthpieces for the war party and may more
accurately be described as "repeaters" rather than as "reporters".
Archer is a throwback: he is not a repeater but he is one of the outstanding
investigative reporters, journalists and commentators of our time. He writes a
column every few days on his web-site to constantly re-prove this point. He has
actually investigated his subject, cross-checking facts and tracking down
sources of information in the course of a rigorous hunt for the truth. To top it
all off, he presents his findings in a clear, conversational style which keeps
the reader turning the page and results in torrents of gratitude coming his way
from many readers whose media-shut eyes have been opened as a result of his
labors.
This book tells the whole story of the US war against Iraq. It is a piece of
reportage which is definitive in coverage and unambiguous in its findings. He
traces the spoliation and destruction directed against Iraq to the advent of the
Arab Ba'ath Socialist Party and its now-martyred leader Saddam Hussein and the
social progress, independent and anti-Imperialist, pro-Arab liberation
government and society it struggled to create, and did create until the Jewish
"neo-cons" and others had their way and ordered its destruction. As one-time
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said, "It was worth it," when informed of
the murder of over a million Iraqi women and children as a result of the brutal
"sanctions" policy imposed on it by the Jewish and USA-controlled UN System.
The whole story of the Iran-Iraq war, the 1991 war to "free Kuwait", the 12
years of blockade and sabotage that ensued, and finally the criminal invasion
and occupation of Iraq from 2003 to the present, are herein told
authoritatively, from the "inside" and with all the references attached for
those who would claim scholarship in the field. No reputable library, whether
public, scholastic or private, should be without it. No serious course in any
way related to the Middle East, Criminal Justice, US Foreign Policy,
International Relations and Law, Contemporary History, the Arab world or Islam
can overlook it, unless they want to adopt the hegemonic "repeater" line
praising the invader and denigrating the occupied land and its inhabitants.
Besides the excellent historical narrative, the book is sumptuously illustrated
with original photographs. In one of them, Chicago-based journalist Ali Baghdadi
is examining an American missile which has just struck the al-Rashid Hotel in
downtown Baghdad. The appendices form a historical record which buttresses the
text, including such items as the transcript of the pre-1991 invasion meeting
between Saddam Hussein and American Ambassador April Glaspie, information on the
Iranian activities which led to the Iran-Iraq war, an outline of the "bargains
and offers" refused by Saddam Hussein during his captivity, interview of Iraqis
held at Abu Ghraib prison and evidence from a US Marine Corps report showing
that IRAN gas-bombed the Kurdish village of Halabja, not Iraq as was widely
"repeated."
Jeff takes us inside the Ba'ath and gives us a true picture of Saddam Hussein as
revolutionary and resistance leader, thinker and fighter. He gives us details on
the burning of wheat fields, the unleashing of insects and the injection of vast
amounts of counterfeit currency into Iraq. He takes us on the "Highway of Death"
as countless Iraqis and others are massacred as they attempt to flee in 1991 and
we are told of the one-shot murder of a thousand civilians in an air-raid
shelter at Amiriyah in Baghdad. Jeff takes us back in history and shows the
genocidal continuity of US policies, with their origins in the extermination of
the "Indians" of North America.
This is contemporary history as it should be written, by a highly skilled,
courageous and conscientious writer, fearlessly bent on digging out the facts
and letting the consequences speak for themselves. No literate, thinking person
who cares about Iraq or the fate of the world should be without this book, to
read through and to constantly refer to as the definitive source on its subject,
which is the front line today of the global war against the "globalizers" and
their vicious system.
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The Mother of All Battles is available. To order, please click on this link:
http://malcomlagauche.com/id8.html