By Jessica Reed
Getting the big picture -and remembering all major key events not only correctly but also in chronological order- is crucial when it comes to a global understanding of our (modern) history. With a focus on the US government and international diplomatic crises, Mother Jones offers an interesting chronicle of the events which preceded and triggered both of the Iraq Wars, from 1990 up until now. Read, explore and scroll up & down the timeline here.
The first drafts of history are fragmentary. Important revelations arrive late, and out of order. In this timeline, we’ve assembled the history of the Iraq War to create a resource we hope will help resolve open questions of the Bush era. What did our leaders know and when did they know it? And, perhaps just as important, what red flags did we miss, and how could we have missed them? This is the first installment in our Iraq War timeline project.
