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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Autor principal: Ricks, Thomas E.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Penguin, 2006.
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245 1 0 |a Fiasco :  |b the American military adventure in Iraq /  |c Thomas E. Ricks. 
260 |a New York :  |b Penguin,  |c 2006. 
300 |a xiv, 482 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-462) and index. 
505 0 |a Containment -- A bad ending -- Containment and its discontents -- This changes everything: the aftermath of 9/11 -- The war of words -- The run-up -- The silence of the lambs -- Into Iraq -- Winning a battle -- How to create an insurgency (I) -- How to create an insurgency (II) -- The CPA: "can't produce anything" -- Getting tough -- The descent into abuse -- The long term -- "The Army of the Euphrates" takes stock -- The Marine Corps files a dissent -- The surprise -- The price paid -- The corrections -- Turnover -- Too little too late? -- Betting against history. 
520 |a [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. 
650 0 |a Iraq War, 2003-2011. 
650 7 |a Guerra de Irak, 2003-2011.  |2 UDESA 
651 0 |a United States  |x History, Military  |y 21st century. 
651 7 |a Estados Unidos  |x Historia militar  |y Siglo XXI.  |2 UDESA 
856 4 2 |3 Contributor biographical information  |u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1209/2006045357-b.html