For the past few weeks we've watched a thousand vivid snapshots of war. Now, for the first time, we can see the full picture.
'Guardian' journalists - some of them in the heat of battle, some of them at a more reflective distance around the world - have assembled the story of the most controversial war of modern times. They look at the build up, the failed diplomacy, the fighting, the battle for media control and the high politics.
With a team of nine inside Iraq - including two in Baghdad - and more than a dozen specialists based in the region and elsewhere, the 'Guardian' was in a unique position to write this, the first history of the war to topple Saddam.