Fiasco
The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005
by Thomas E. Ricks
Recommended by Bryan Callen and Tommy Vietor
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Diplomacy, Iraq War, and Politics.
The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq from a Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter. Thomas E. Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post, puts forth in Fiasco a masterful reckoning with the planning & execution of the American military invasion & occupation of Iraq, now with a preface on recent deve...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Diplomacy, Iraq War, and Politics.
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Tommy Vietor
“It’s the 16th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. If you want to learn about that catastrophe, skip @AriFleischer’s gross revionist history tweets and read this book by @tomricks1”
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