Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq / Thomas E. Ricks.
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 costof their careers.
Record details
- ISBN: 159420103X
- ISBN: 9781594201035
- Physical Description: xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-462) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Containment -- A bad ending -- Containment and its discontents -- This changes everything: the aftermath of 9/11 -- The war of words -- The run-up -- The silence of the lambs -- Into Iraq -- Winning a battle -- How to create an insurgency (I) -- How to create an insurgency (II) -- The CPA: "can't produce anything" -- Getting tough -- The descent into abuse -- The long term -- "The Army of the Euphrates" takes stock -- The Marine Corps files a dissent -- The surprise -- The price paid -- The corrections -- Turnover -- Too little too late? -- Betting against history.
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- Subject:
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
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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 costof their careers.
