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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

A searing look at war's avoidable unraveling

If you want sharp, unsparing nonfiction, this feels like the book people press into your hands after saying you need to understand what really happened. Ricks turns military misjudgment and political blindness into a gripping narrative, showing how small failures hardened into disaster. It is especially compelling for readers who like history that does not just recount events, but exposes the human arrogance and institutional confusion behind them.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2007)
  • Lionel Gelber Prize Nominee (2007)
  • Ambassador Book Award for Current Affairs (2007)
  • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Nominee (2007)
  • Arthur Ross Book Award for Honorable Mention (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq

by Thomas E. Ricks
$13.90
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ISBN: 9781594201035
Authors: Thomas E. Ricks
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Date of Publication: 2006-07-25
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Politics
Related Topics: History, American History, Government, Politics, War, Journalism
Goodreads rating: 4.09
(rated by 8053 readers)

Description

This is the story of the American military adventure in Iraq. The heart of the story Fiasco has to tell is that of a military occupation whose leaders failed to see the insurgency for what it was, and as a result led their soldiers in such a way that the insurgency became inevitable.
 

A searing look at war's avoidable unraveling

If you want sharp, unsparing nonfiction, this feels like the book people press into your hands after saying you need to understand what really happened. Ricks turns military misjudgment and political blindness into a gripping narrative, showing how small failures hardened into disaster. It is especially compelling for readers who like history that does not just recount events, but exposes the human arrogance and institutional confusion behind them.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2007)
  • Lionel Gelber Prize Nominee (2007)
  • Ambassador Book Award for Current Affairs (2007)
  • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Nominee (2007)
  • Arthur Ross Book Award for Honorable Mention (2007)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.