| FIASCO The American Military Adventure in Iraq Thomas E. Ricks New York: Penguin, July 2007 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-1430-3891-7 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-1430-3891-5 | 482pp. | SC/BWI | $16.00 | |
| Page 89: | "He let himself being overruled on issues such as picking his own staffers..." |
| S/B "be". |
| Page 108: | "...What do we do when small bands of fanatic Muslims start creeping across the border from Iraq, Syria, or Saudi Arabia?" |
| S/B "Iran". |
| Page 324: | Topic heading: "The failure to train Iraqis" |
| I think this should say something else. The same heading appears at the bottom of page 327, and there it does apply to what follows. |
| Page 423: | "He also knew how he wanted to measure his success: Would he asked, Iraqis—especially Sunnis—be willing to join the local police...?" |
| Missing comma: S/B "Would, he asked,". |
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