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Fiasco

The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005

Thomas E. Ricks

This book covers the American military's experience in Iraq with a focus on the planning and execution of the invasion and occupation. The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, draws on exclusive cooperation from American personnel and access to previously undisclosed official documents. The book provides an explosive, shocking, and authoritative account of both tactical success and strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful leaders.
Publish Date
2006-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
2006-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.08
ISBN
9780143038917
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2019-03-20T14:42:19.000Z
It’s the 16th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. If you want to learn about that catastrophe, skip @AriFleischer’s gross revionist history tweets and read this book by @tomricks1      source
2021-09-10T15:55:18.000Z
THREAD: 9/11 changed my entire life. I'm sure it's the same for everyone. Reckoning with those changes even 20 years on is difficult Here are some of the books over the last 2 decades which helped me make sense of everything      source