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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

Thomas Ricks

How did the American invasion of Iraq go so wrong, followed through the choices of leaders and commanders in the war's early years?

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Author
Thomas Ricks

Why read it

  • You will see how rigid optimism at the top can outlast the evidence
  • You will learn how a war meant to make a country safer can create new dangers
  • You will know what happens when an army meets the very fights it feared

Who it is for

  • Citizens who want to understand how the Iraq war unfolded
  • Officers and officials who plan operations
  • Readers of foreign policy who study decisions that went wrong

Contents

  1. CAST OF CHARACTERS
  2. PART I - CONTAINMENT
  3. PART II
  4. PART III
  5. AFTERWORD: BETTING AGAINST HISTORY

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