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Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq
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"In this book, the author offers an account of the American military's experience in Iraq. The book also offers accounts of battles such as second Fallujah and Tall Afar. Too many American and Iraq...
"In this book, the author offers an account of the American military's experience in Iraq. The book also offers accounts of battles such as second Fallujah and Tall Afar. Too many American and Iraqi lives have been lost, and too much of America's might and influence has been squandered, for these individuals to escape a fair reckoning. This book is that reckoning"-Adapted from the dust jacket.
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- Creator
- Thomas E. Ricks
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Penguin Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 159420103X, 9781594201035, 9780143038917
- OCLC
- ocm67375172
- Subsequently published in 2007 in paperback (xx, 492 pages) with a new afterword.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-462) and index.
- Containment -- A bad ending -- Containment and its discontents -- This changes everything: the aftermath of 9/11 -- The war of words -- The run-up -- The silence of the lambs -- Into Iraq -- Winning a battle -- How to create an insurgency (I) -- How to create an insurgency (II) -- The CPA: "can't produce anything" -- Getting tough -- The descent into abuse -- The long term -- "The Army of the Euphrates" takes stock -- The Marine Corps files a dissent -- The surprise -- The price paid -- The corrections -- Turnover -- Too little too late? -- Betting against history