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Faisal I of Iraq

Ali A. Allawi

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Born in 1883, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of...

Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated Shock and Awe (2017) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)

Shock and Awe (2017)

2017 | Biography, Drama, History

6.0

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With Shock and Awe on DVD and Digital HD today, we checked out the movie over the weekend, the new movie starring Woody Harrelson, Rob Reiner, James Marsden, Jessica Biel and Tommy Lee Jones is based around the time that the term ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction‘ was very much on the lips of many in 2003.

With America on the very edge of a horrific war with Iraq, Shock and Awe is the true story of how the very phrase was twisted with shocking effect.

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American Sniper: Memorial Edition

Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint...

Under The Shadow (2016)

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After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor...

Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror: Christianity, Violence, and the West

Philippe Buc

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Holy War, Martyrdom, and Terror examines the ways that Christian theology has shaped centuries of...

Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Blood on the Tracks: Sydney Rose Parnell Series, Book 1 in Books

Jul 27, 2017

Slightly overrated in terms of previous reviews

The idea of PTSD of war veterans is an important topic, and I understand that the author attempted to raise the issue, but the constant appearance of ghosts with not much impact on the narrator seems to trivialise the effect of trauma. She seems to have learnt to live with them.

The story itself felt too much of a mishmash of several themes from the far right to soldiers of war. It would have been better to stick to one area. I would have been more interested in hearing about Iraq and how it is more clearly linked with the current crime. It just seems to fall short in developing the major themes.