Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq / Thomas E. Ricks.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2007.Description: xx, 492 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780143038917
- 159420103X
- DS79.76. R535 2007
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS79.76.R535 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Donated by Daood Moosa. | 3ACKU000531649 |
Abstract: [In this book, the author offers an] account - explosive, shocking, and authoritative - of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq. [The book also offers] accounts of battles such as 2nd Fallujah and Tall Afar, whose names should take their place alongside two Jima and Porkchop Hill on a select list of honor ... Too many American and Iraqi lives have been lost, and too much of America's might and influence has been squandered, for these individuals to escape a fair reckoning. [This book] is that reckoning.-Dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-462) and index.
Contents: 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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