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Fiasco

by: Thomas E. Ricks (author)

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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ISBN: 9780141028507 (0141028505)

Edition language: English

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Non Fiction, Writing, History, Literature, American, Journalism, War, Military, Politics, American History, United States, Military History

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TeaStitchRead rated it

6 years ago

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text Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks

Date Published: July 25, 2006 Format: Audiobook Source: Library borrow Date Read: April 10-12, 2019 Blurb: This is the Story of The American Military Adventure in Iraq. The Heart of the story Fiasco has to tell, which has never been told before, is that of a Military occupation whose leaders faile...

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KOMET rated it

12 years ago

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This is the definitive book on the Iraq War to date. It provides ample evidence that the G.W. Bush regime, along with the Pentagon and the CIA, made a false casus belli for war with Iraq, keenly anticipating an easy victory with Iraqis greeting American soldiers with garlands of flowers as liberat...

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Brick rated it

12 years ago

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I lived through the time period this book describes, as a stateside civilian, and I had during that time many misgivings, all as it turns out very well founded. My brother, an Army Reservist, was deployed in the invasion force, PsyOps with the 101st Division, and so I was watching what happened wit...

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willemite rated it

16 years ago

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Fiasco offers a very detailed look into the disaster that has been the US invasion of Iraq. For those of us who have read more than a few books on the subject there is an unavoidable repetition of information seen elsewhere, but there is sufficient new material to justify one’s time. Ricks covers th...

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