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Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (2006, Hardcover) 
Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (2006, Hardcover)

 
Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks (2006, Hardcover)

Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 159420103X
ISBN-13: 9781594201035
Product ID: EPID63020017
Description: Journalist Tom Ricks, a seasoned veteran of conflicts around the globe (Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan), has reported from Iraq for the Washington Post. In FIASCO, he adds fresh information to this much-written-about war, bringing to his r...
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Synopsis
Journalist Tom Ricks, a seasoned veteran of conflicts around the globe (Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan), has reported from Iraq for the Washington Post. In FIASCO, he adds fresh information to this much-written-about war, bringing to his reporting knowledge gained from his deep contacts within the U.S. military, for whom he shows a high regard.
Recounting the planning and successful execution of the combat phase, he asks whether the failure to plan for the post-victory phase established conditions for a growing insurgency. Ricks describes how politicians and high-ranking defense officials closed ranks, establishing a zero-tolerance for criticism, and how experienced commanders who spoke up found their careers in jeopardy. He also reports on the outstanding job the soldiers on the ground did, often with an astonishing lack of backup from above. Ricks's title indicates a severe judgment, which he supports through his reporting, anecdotes, and analysis, and through the experiences of the soldiers, many of whom shared their views of what they see as a war gone wrong. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2006.

Details
Publication Date:2006-07-25

Size
Length:482 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.8 in
Thickness:1.8 in
Weight:28.8 oz

Publisher's Note
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.

Industry Reviews
"FIASCO is absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the United States came to go to war in Iraq, how a bungled operation fueled a ballooning insurgency and how these events will affect the future of the American military....[T]his volume gives the reader a lucid, tough-minded overview of this tragic enterprise that stands apart from earlier assessments in terms of simple coherence and scope."
(07/25/2006)

"Thomas E. Ricks's FIASCO...offers a comprehensive and illuminating portrait of the willful blindness of the Bush administration to Iraqi realities....Ricks makes a powerful case that, far from being inevitable, the insurgency was the direct product of American bungling."
(08/13/2006)

"FIASCO is not a screed but a well-researched, strongly written account of the miscues that led from shock and awe to the rampant sectarian strife....On page after page, you can hear the agony of dedicated officers talking about their own errors and those of their bosses, civilian and military."
(08/27/2006)

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