Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq /

[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 o...

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Main Author: Ricks, Thomas E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
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Summary:[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.
Physical Description:xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Awards:Ambassador Book Award for Current Affairs, 2007
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-462) and index.
ISBN:159420103X
9781594201035