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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
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| 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 |