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- Go to Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq -- Thomas E. Ricks
It is an important work, danieljulie, that should be mandatory reading for
every political science student for the next millenium...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 1, 2007 at 9:33 PM
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An interening Book
Sounds like havey book mainly about fiasco...
posted by
danieljulie
on August 1, 2007 at 4:34 PM
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Do that, teddy. It's the best and most accessible read on the ridiculous
buildup, invasion, and occupation of Iraq that I've seen to date. The fact that Ricks uses so many Pentagon and military sources is pure indictment of a radicalized and ideology-fueled, not to mention completely inept, administration...
posted by
saul_relative
on July 23, 2007 at 9:20 AM
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Well-done, saul..will have to check this one out!
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on July 23, 2007 at 1:33 AM
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There are quite a few good books out about the Iraq quagmire, callista.
I'm reading
Blackwater now. It's about contractors, a.k.a "security forces" -- read mercenaries.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 14, 2007 at 2:00 PM
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excellent blog
thanks for the information, i will add this book to my library, and also the one left in comments.
posted by
jeansaw
on July 14, 2007 at 8:48 AM
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Getting fired up is what this country needs, GirlInTheAttic.
posted by
saul_relative
on July 13, 2007 at 10:02 AM
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Thanks sounds like just the thing to get my blood on a rolling boil!
posted by
TheGirlInTheAttic
on July 13, 2007 at 9:37 AM
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Thanks, panspen. I've heard of the work but have never read it.
I'll add it to my growing list of must-read books under the heading: "Never again..."
posted by
saul_relative
on July 12, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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Thanks, I'll try and get a copy through Amazon. If you haven't already you might like to check out "The Great War for Civilisation: the conquest of the Middle East" by Robert Fisk, a savage indictment on the West's criminal involvement in the Middle East that has condemned the region to ceaseless violence. For many years Robert Fisk was the Middle East Correspondent for 'The Independent' - one of the few newspapers in the UK worthy of the name. So he has the credentials to back it up.
posted by
panspen
on July 12, 2007 at 2:06 PM
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