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A military chronicle of the Iraq war is a critical assessment of America's role as viewed from the firsthand perspectives of senior military officers that argues that the guerrilla insurgency that took place in the months after the fall of Saddam Hussein was avoidable and that officers who spoke against the war did so at the cost of their careers. 200,000 first printing.
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`Scorching ... absolutely essential' -- The New York Times
'Almost beyond belief' -- Anthony Beevor, author of STALINGRAD
'I was very deeply impressed'
-- Bill Clinton
'Possibly the most powerful critique of Anglo-American security and foreign policy in our time' -- Evening Standard
'Terrifying' -- Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
'There will be no better explanation of what went wrong and why' -- Spectator, Books of the Year
Fiasco's political impact has been immense -- Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year
A litany of warnings neglected, intelligence abused, feuding
generals and stupefying waste -- Sunday Times
I was very deeply impressed. -- Bill Clinton
Possibly the most powerful critique of Anglo-American security and
foreign policy in our time -- Evening Standard
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'Almost beyond belief' -- Anthony Beevor, author of STALINGRAD
'I was very deeply impressed'
-- Bill Clinton
'Possibly the most powerful critique of Anglo-American security and foreign policy in our time' -- Evening Standard
'Terrifying' -- Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year
'There will be no better explanation of what went wrong and why' -- Spectator, Books of the Year
Fiasco's political impact has been immense -- Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year
A litany of warnings neglected, intelligence abused, feuding
generals and stupefying waste -- Sunday Times
I was very deeply impressed. -- Bill Clinton
Possibly the most powerful critique of Anglo-American security and
foreign policy in our time -- Evening Standard
Thomas E. Ricks is The Washington Post's senior Pentagon correspondent, where he has covered the U.S. military since 2000. Until the end of 1999, he held the same beat at The Wall Street Journal, where he was a reporter for seventeen years. A member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national reporting, he has reported on U.S. military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is the author of Making the Corps and A Soldier's Duty.
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- PublisherThe Penguin Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 159420103X
- ISBN 13 9781594201035
- BindingHardcover
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