Fiasco the American military adventure in Iraq

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Main Author: Ricks, Thomas E.
Format: Book
Published: New York Penguin Press 2006
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Table of 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