Gamble General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Name: Gamble General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
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ISBN: 9781594201974

ISBN-10: 1594201978

ISBN-13: 9781594201974

Edition: 2009

Authors: Thomas E. Ricks

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Fiasco, Thomas E. Ricks’s #1 New York Timesbestseller, transformed the political dialogue on the war in Iraq—The Gambleis the next news breaking installment Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005 as only he can, examining the events that took place as the military was forced to reckon with itself, the surge was launched, and a very different war began. Since early 2007 a new military order has directed American strategy. Some top U.S. officials now in Iraq actually opposed the 2003 invasion, and almost all are severely critical of how the…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/10/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Thomas E. Ricks lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife and children.



Cast of Characters


Acronyms and Abbreviations



The Old War Ends



Things Fall Apart (Fall 2005)



How to Fight this War (Fall 2005-Fall 2006)



Keane Takes Command (Fall 2006)



A Strategy is Born (Winter 2006-7)



A New War Begins



If You're So Smart ... (Spring 2007)



Gambling on a "Shitty Hand"




Signs of Life in Baghdad (Summer 2007)



The Domestic Opposition Collapses




War Without End



The Twilight Zone (Winter 2007-8)



Big Wasta (Spring 2008)



After the Surge (Summer 2008)



Obama's War (Fall 2008)


Epilogue: The Long War


Appendixes



Col Devlin's Intelligence Assessment



The Orders Lt. Gen. Odierno Received in December 2006



How Odierno Changed the Mission



Gen. Petraeus Summarizes How to Operate in Iraq


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index