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Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq / Thomas E. Ricks.

Summary:

An assessment of America's role in the Iraq War as viewed from the perspectives of senior military officers argues that the guerrilla insurgency after the fall of Saddam Hussein was avoidable and that officers who spoke against the war did so at the cost of their careers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780143038917
ISBN: 0143038915
ISBN: 159420103X (hc.)
ISBN: 9781594201035
Physical Description: xx, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"With a new postscript"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cast of characters -- pt. 1. Containment -- 1. A bad ending -- 2. Containment and its discontents -- 3. This changes everything : the aftermath of 9/11 -- 4. The war of words -- 5. The run-up -- 6. The silence of the lambs -- pt. 2. Into Iraq -- 7. Winning a battle -- 8. How to create an insurgency (1) -- 9. How to create an insurgency (2) -- 10. The CPA : "can't produce anything" -- 11. Getting tough -- 12. The descent into abuse -- pt. 3. The long term -- 13. "The Army of the Euphrates" takes stock -- 14. The Marine Corps files a dissent -- 15. The surprise -- 16. The price paid -- 17. The corrections -- 18. Turnover -- 19. Too little too late? -- Afterword : Betting against history -- Postscript : April 2007.