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23%OFFThomas E. Ricks - Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq - 9780141028507 - 9780141028507
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

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Description for Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq hardcover. Cutting through the headlines and spin, this book gives us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. It provides eye-witness accounts that contradict the official stories and figures. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; HBJF1; HBLX; HBW; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 392.
Cutting through the headlines and spin, this is the first book to give us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. Providing eye-witness accounts that contradict the official stories and figures, they give a chilling picture of the deceit, stupidity, wishful thinking, lack of forward planning and total intellectual failure of those behind the invasion. The result is an extraordinary new insight into the plight of ordinary soldiers doing nightmarish jobs, and the real nature of the fighting in Iraq. ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141028507
SKU
9780141028507
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About Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks is the Washington Post’s senior Pentagon correspondent. Until the end of 1999 he had covered the US military for The Wall Street Journal, where he was a reporter for seventeen years. He has been a member of two teams that won Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. Thomas E. Ricks has lived in Afghanistan and in Hong Kong ... Read more

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