testimony

You might also look at:

KM Woods, and ME Stout, “Saddam’s Perceptions and Misperceptions: The Case of ‘Desert Storm,” The Journal of Strategic Studies (2010).

I asked Mark Stout, one of the co-authors, and he said:

" The volumes on Desert Storm and the Iran-Iraq war are also possible sources, depending on the time period this person is interested in. Then read footnotes and FOIA."

The Desert Storm book was published by the United States Naval Institute Press, and the Iran-Iraq War by Cambridge.

David,

Many thanks for the two leads. I just ordered the book. The Iraqi Perspectives is something that immediately hooked me. I do hope that it will provide the information I am looking for but, even if not, this will help me understand more about the Iraqi perspective and thinking process / mindset which will certainly aid my analysis.

Again, many thanks.

It looks like:

Laurie Collier Hillstrom, War in the Persian Gulf Primary Sources: From Operation Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom (2004).

has some Iraqi soldier material.

The Iraqi Perspectives Project put out a couple of volumes of Iraqi primary sources but I think they were largely of senior officers.

             Fellow H-Warriors,

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Many thanks to Rachael and Janine! I've noted the recommendations, checked them online, and will follow up. I see that Eakin also edited a volume called The Ethics of Life Writing, published in 2004. It's so gratifying to see what a rich field this is.

This sounds like a fascinating project. Life writing scholars have written a lot about memory and life stories, which will be of value to your project. I find that Paul John Eakin's work is particularly useful, "How our lives become stories: Making selves" discusses many of the questions you have raised. Not a model, but some very helpful insights to ponder about testimony, personal stories, and writing about our memories and the stories of others.