{"product_id":"fiasco-the-american-military-adventure-in-iraq-2003-to-2005-9780143038917","title":"Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize - One of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the Year - \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Books of the Year - \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e's Nonfiction Book of the Year - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Staggeringly vivid and persuasive . . . absolutely essential reading.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best account yet of the entire war.\" --\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiasco \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq, drawing on exclusive cooperation of an extraordinary number of American personnel, including more than one hundred senior officers, and access to more than 30,000 pages of official documents, many of them never before made public. Tragically, it is an undeniable account--explosive, shocking, and authoritative--of unsurpassed tactical success combined with unsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America's most powerful and honored civilian and military leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas E. Ricks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.08w x 1.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143038917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2007 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Ricks \u003c\/b\u003eis an adviser on national security at the New America Foundation, where he participates in its \"Future of War\" project. He was previously a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, for which he writes the prizewinning blog \u003ci\u003eThe Best Defense\u003c\/i\u003e. Ricks covered the U.S. military for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e from 2000 through 2008. Until the end of 1999 he had the same beat at \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was a reporter for seventeen years. A member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams, he covered U.S. military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e, and the number one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eFiasco\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book, \u003ci\u003eChurchill and Orwell: The Fight For Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Thomas E. Ricks \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311275323549,"sku":"9780143038917","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5c39af30-2937-4790-8328-f7463cf2f596.jpg?v=1779260226","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/fiasco-the-american-military-adventure-in-iraq-2003-to-2005-9780143038917","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}