"Fiasco," Ricks's #1 "New York Times" bestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq. "The Gamble," the story of Gen. David Petraeus and the American military, reveals that many high-level officials were opposed to the 2003 invasion.
The definitive military chronicle of the Iraq war--and a searing judgment on the strategic blindness with which America has conducted it--draws on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.
An account of Marine boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina. Ricks, a reporter for the "Wall Street Journal", follows one "class" of 61 recruits through basic training, the course of drills and instructions that are required for induction into the corps.
Set in the near future, this military thriller details a dangerous U.S. peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Pentagon officials John Shillingsworth and B.Z. Ames go head to head over their differing views of how best to deploy American troops, while, halfway around the world, American soldiers battle the Afghanis.
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 ...
Based on unprecedented real-time access to the military's entire chain of command, "The Gamble" is the definitive account of the insurgency within the US military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy in Iraq - and the bloody implementation of that strategy on the ground. In his international bestseller "Fiasco", Thomas E. Ricks gave ...
Based on unprecedented real-time access to the military's entire chain of command, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the US military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy in Iraq - and the bloody implementation of that strategy on the ground. It tells us how, when the war was at its darkest hour, a group of ...
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