Curated Video
Rocket Attack On Baghdad's Green Zone Kills Child, Injures 5 Others
Four rockets struck within the heavily-fortified Green Zone, with one landing near the U.S. Embassy.
Bloomberg
Biden Says U.S. Combat Mission in Iraq to End This Year
Jul.26 -- President Joe Biden says U.S. military forces remaining in Iraq after the end of this year will “be available to continue to train, to assist, to help and to deal with” Islamic State terrorists as needed. “But we are not going...
Crash Course
George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War
John Green provides a fantastic summary of the presidency of George HW Bush, reviewing the president's background experience in the United Nations and the CIA, the presidential election of 1988, foreign policy implications after the end...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: A Global Controversy: The u.s. Invasion of Iraq
A series of scholararlt videos provides an overview of Iraqi history and draws students into the public debate on the U.S. decision to invade Iraq in 2003.
PBS
Nova: Life and Death in the War Zone
Excellent site from Nova delves into the life and death issues faced by doctors in a war zone. Interactive slide shows provide information on how doctors decide who to treat, "Images from the Field," and "Military Medicine through Time."...
PBS
Pbs: Private Warriors
Rebuilding Iraq has taxed government and the private sector as well. Frontline looks at the contractors who have cast their lot with Iraq. Authors look at their challenges and the advantages and disadvantages of working in Iraq. Program...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Nye on Power Shifts and the 21st Century
Nick Burns, professor at Harvard Kennedy School has a conversation with professor and author of The Future of Power Joseph Nye about how the world is seeing a power transition from West to East as well as a power diffusion from...
PBS
Pbs: The War Behind Closed Doors
Provides videos of the decisions that were made at the beginning of the war in Iraq and the decisions made to go to war. The videos are broken into sections so the user can view one section at a time.
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History #46: Terrorism, War, and Bush 43
In which John Green teaches you about the tumultuous 2000's in the United States of America, mainly the 2000's that coincided with the presidency of George W. Bush. From the controversial election in 2000, to the events of 9/11 and...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: 'Folly of Empire' Offers Critique of Us Imperialism
NPR provides a lengthy book excerpt on imperialism in the U.S. The author presents the Philippine occupation, the Spanish-American War, World War I and II, and the Cold War as times in history when America was involved in imperialism--...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powell and the First Gulf War
General Colin Powell discusses how the United States balanced the use of sanctions, diplomacy and military force during the First Gulf War. [10:37]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powell on the Second Gulf War
General Colin Powell discusses post 9/11 diplomacy and how the United States came to the conclusion to take military action in Iraq. [7:40]