Relatos de uma guerra : percepções de soldados estadunidenses e civis iraquianos sobre a invasão do Iraque em 2003

Abstract

The following research analyzed reports from US soldiers, in search of their perceptions of the Bush administration, the reasons given by it, which were used as a pretext for the invasion of Iraq, the relationship of the soldiers with the Iraqi people and much of their disenchantment both with the mission and with its patriotic accomplishments and “defense of democracy”. In addition, this research also investigated the narratives from the point of view of Iraqi civilians, in order to be able to understand the events from a different perspective than the one commonly approached, compare them with the American perspective and observe the ambiguities present in these, taking into account considering the different individual realities and showing that popular opinion was not unanimous, with both civilians in favor of the occupation and emphatically against it.