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Secret History: The Iraq War


Secret History

No. of pages 48

Published: 2010

Great for age 9-18 years

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Part of a six book series that investigates the hidden world of spies, double agents, assassins and saboteurs and how their actions affected the course of the world's major conflicts.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Secret History .

. This book has been specially written for struggling readers. This book has been specially written for reluctant readers.

There are 48 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Simon Adams is a writer and editor of non-fiction books, and has written extensively on history subjects for children.

This book has the following chapters:

  • 1: War Against Iraq
  • 2: Weapons Of Mass Destruction
  • 3: A Secret Base
  • 4: Watching The Enemy
  • 5: Invasion And Occupation
  • 6: Weaponry
  • 7: Bombing By Stealth
  • 8: Special Forces
  • 9: The Battle Of Debecka Pass
  • 10: Secret Prisons
  • 11: Capturing Saddam
  • 12: Guerrilla Warfare
  • 13: The Insurgency
  • 14: Kidnap!
  • 15: The Iranian Connection
  • 16: Task Force Black
  • 17: Propaganda
  • 18: The Surge
  • 19: Conclusion
  • 20: Timeline
  • 21: Glossary
  • 22: Further Information
  • 23: Index

 

This book is in the following series:

Secret History

A remarkably thorough and lucid account of the Iraq War. * School Librarian *

 

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