Michael Otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultant. He was a recent visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010) and American Torture (Pluto, 2007).Richard Hil is honorary associate at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney and was senior lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).Paul Wilson, OAM, is Professor and Chair of Criminology and Forensic Psychology, Bond University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).

• Introduction – Hearts of Stone1. Iraqis Under Siege2. Refugee Voices3. Censoring Civilians4. Dead Bodies Don’t Count5. Iraqi SociocidePostscript – People of No MomentNotesIndex

'If I could only recommend one book that provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation in Iraq today, and the decades of US-backed policy it took to create this nightmare scenario, Erasing Iraq is it'

Michael Otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultant. He was a recent visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010) and American Torture (Pluto, 2007).Richard Hil is honorary associate at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney and was senior lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).Paul Wilson, OAM, is Professor and Chair of Criminology and Forensic Psychology, Bond University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).

• Introduction – Hearts of Stone1. Iraqis Under Siege2. Refugee Voices3. Censoring Civilians4. Dead Bodies Don’t Count5. Iraqi SociocidePostscript – People of No MomentNotesIndex

'If I could only recommend one book that provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation in Iraq today, and the decades of US-backed policy it took to create this nightmare scenario, Erasing Iraq is it'

Michael Otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultant. He was a recent visiting scholar at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010) and American Torture (Pluto, 2007).Richard Hil is honorary associate at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney and was senior lecturer in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).Paul Wilson, OAM, is Professor and Chair of Criminology and Forensic Psychology, Bond University, Australia. He is the co-author of Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto, 2010).

• Introduction – Hearts of Stone1. Iraqis Under Siege2. Refugee Voices3. Censoring Civilians4. Dead Bodies Don’t Count5. Iraqi SociocidePostscript – People of No MomentNotesIndex

'If I could only recommend one book that provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation in Iraq today, and the decades of US-backed policy it took to create this nightmare scenario, Erasing Iraq is it'