Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq - Hardcover

Ricks, Thomas E.

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9780713999532: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713999535 ISBN 13: 9780713999532

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2006

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Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. Providing eye-witness accounts that contradict the official stories and figures, they give a chilling picture of the deceit, stupidity, wishful thinking, lack of forward planning and total intellectual failure of those behind the invasion. The result is an extraordinary new insight into the plight of ordinary soldiers doing nightmarish jobs, and the real nature of the fighting in Iraq.

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Review:

'...possibly the most powerful indictment of Anglo-American
security and foreign policy of our time' -- The Scotsman

'...scrupulous account of the disaster in Iraq’
-- Anthony Beevor, Sunday Times

BOOK OF THE YEAR -- JOHN LE CARRE

From the Back Cover:

Fiasco has been hailed across the political spectrum as the definitive and most shocking account yet of the Iraq invasion, telling the chilling story of the worst war plan in American history. Based on interviews and eyewitness accounts from hundreds of soldiers at all levels of command, this is veteran war correspondent Thomas Ricks's account of exactly what happened on the ground, and how Iraq descended into hell.

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