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AngryDem001

(684 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 06:01 PM Mar 2014

Book recommendations?

I am looking for a book that chronicles the massive screw-ups of the Iraq war.

I have read Weapons Of Mass Deception by Sheldon Rampton and John Stabur, but it was written in 2003.

Does anyone have ideas for a more recent book?

Thank you!

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Book recommendations? (Original Post) AngryDem001 Mar 2014 OP
Wait a few months and the report of the UK's Iraq Inquiry should be available Spider Jerusalem Mar 2014 #1
Try these: dixiegrrrrl Mar 2014 #2
I know it hurts some souls... South_Street Mar 2014 #3
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein JaneyVee Mar 2014 #4
Wrong Naomi. johnp3907 Mar 2014 #5
thanks. i have the book about 25ft from where im sitting. JaneyVee Mar 2014 #6
If you don't have enough options here, Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #7

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. Try these:
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 07:47 PM
Mar 2014
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005--Thomas E. Ricks

The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq..Bing west

Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq

Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War --Michael isikoff

Imperial Life in The Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone ....Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror --richard Clarke

A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies--James Bamford

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq ...George Packer


The Endgame: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Iraq

I have read the ones in bold print.
 

South_Street

(19 posts)
3. I know it hurts some souls...
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 07:51 PM
Mar 2014

... but it is enlightening to read the memoir books of the top tier individuals as well.

You can see the differences between their accounts and their justifications after they have had years to reflect and refine them.

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld etc.. etc...

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