Fiasco
The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · July 31, 2007
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book "Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq, drawing on exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public.
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- Who it’s for
- A close account of Iraq’s invasion and occupation, and their strategic failure.
- Genres
- Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq History, U.S. Military History
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, July 31, 2007
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • One of the Washington Post Book World's 10 Best Books of the Year • Time's 10 Best Books of the Year • USA Today's Nonfiction Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book "Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading." —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The best account yet of the entire war." —Vanity Fair The definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq Fiasco is a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq, drawing on exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public.
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Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, and authoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.
Tactical, Strategic
A close account of Iraq’s invasion and occupation, and their strategic failure.
Come here for
- A detailed look at military planning and execution
- The contrast between battlefield success and strategic failure
Expect
- An account centered on the American military experience
- A reckoning with civilian and military leadership
Where it sits
| Iraq War (2003-2011) | 100% |
|---|---|
| U.S. Military History | 31% |
| Iraq History | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Conservatism & Liberalism
- Military Policy & Defense
- Authors
- Thomas E. Ricks
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- July 31, 2007
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Iraq War (2003-2011)