01523cam a2200313 4500 214276911 TxAuBib 20150428120000.0 060413s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006045357 9781594201035 159420103X TxAuBib Ricks, Thomas E. Fiasco : the American military adventure in Iraq / Thomas E. Ricks. New York : Penguin Press, 2006. xiv, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-462) and index. [In this book, the author offers an] account - explosive, shocking, and authoritative - of the American military's tragic experience in Iraq. [The book also offers] accounts of battles such as 2nd Fallujah and Tall Afar, whose names should take their place alongside two Jima and Porkchop Hill on a select list of honor.... Too many American and Iraqi lives have been lost, and too much of America's might and influence has been squandered, for these individuals to escape a fair reckoning. [This book] is that reckoning. -Dust jacket. 20150428. Iraq War, 2003- Guerre en Irak, 2003- Kriegführung. Militär. Irakkrieg. United States History, Military 21st century. États-Unis Histoire militaire 21e siècle. USA.