"Fiasco" by Thomas Ricks .....

[H2O Man]

I started reading Ricks' book on "The American Military Adventure in Iraq" last night. The author is the Washington Post's senior Pentagon correspondent, and I've found him interesting to listen to when he is on the various talk shows. He has two other books of note -- "A Soldier's Duty" and "Making the Corps." I haven't read either, yet, though I suspect I will soon.

Here is a brief quote from early in the book: "How the U.S. government could launch a preemptive war based on false premises is the subject of the first, relatively short part of this book. Blame must lie foremost with President Bush himself, but his incompetence and arrogance are only part of the story." (page 4) He caught my attention with that!

The early part of the book focuses a lot on Paul Wolfowitz's role in promoting a furthering of the Gulf War of Bush the Elder. The information I've read thus far isn't really "new" .... in fact, those who participate on DU are going to find it familiar to the information reported and discussed on this forum. But it is encouraging to see that it is being presented to a different audience in this book.

I'm curious if other DUers have read "Fiasco" (or either of the other two books), and what you thought of them?