The Resource Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks
Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks
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The item Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
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- [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
- "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."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781594201035
- Label
- Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq
- Title
- Fiasco
- Title remainder
- the American military adventure in Iraq
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas E. Ricks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- [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
- "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."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ricks, Thomas E
- Dewey number
- 956.7044/3
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS79.76
- LC item number
- .R535 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- United States
- Label
- Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-462) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 67375172
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594201035
- Lccn
- 2006045357
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781594201035
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Label
- Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-462) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 67375172
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594201035
- Lccn
- 2006045357
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9781594201035
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
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