Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005
by Thomas E. Ricks
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Author: Thomas E. RicksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-31
ISBN: 0143038915
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: Lions led by donkeys
Summary: 5 Stars
Thomas E. Ricks, Senior Pentagon Corrspondent of the Washington Post is the latest in a distinguished line of American journalists to offer a brilliant documentary account of the US army's build-up to the Iraq war, the triumphant dash to Baghdad and the subsequent spiral into a vicious war against an insurrection it did not understand and for which it was entirely unprepared. His familiarity with and access to all levels of the American military have enabled him to tell his story largely through the direct experiences and voices of soldiers of all ranks. The reader is left gasping that an invasion on such a scale could have been undertaken with, it seems, absolutely no plan for Iraq once the first invasion had succeeded. The tone of the writing is cool and unjudgemental but Ricks leaves us in no doubt that it is the civilian leadership including Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith,Donald Rumsfeld and of course George W Bush with whom the responsibility lies for what he bluntly describes as the Fiasco of the American adventure in Iraq. English readers will be reminded of the famous description of the British army in 1914-18 'Lions led by donkeys'and I imagine the book will be read and thoroughly pondered in today's British army. It should be: it is journalism of the highest order. As Iraq descends into the night of civil war in 2006, the tragedy continues. Ricks' book is unputdownable, indispensable reading for everyone seeking to understand the real facts of life, largely hidden in the daily mainstream media, of a tragedy which will haunt the world now for decades.
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