Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

Ricks, Thomas E.

ISBN 10: 159420103X / ISBN 13: 9781594201035

Edité par Penguin Press HC, The, 2006

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This book is a well used but readable copy. This is an ex-library book with stickers and markings. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
• Éditeur: Penguin Press HC, The
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 159420103X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781594201035
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: acceptable

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Synopsis

A military chronicle of the Iraq war is a critical assessment of America's role as wed 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year
One of Time's 10 Best Books of the Year
USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year
A  New York Times Notable Book

The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq

Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq through mid-2006, now with a postscript on recent developments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public. Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, and authoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.