The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End59 reviews Peter W. Galbraith Simon & Schuster, 2006 "War remains the decisive human failure." + How to get out of Iraq + Knowledgable book on Iraq + If interested in truly understanding situation, a very worthwhile read             Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq30 reviews Michael Scheuer Free Press, 2008 Many points should be no-brainers, criticizes about everyone + An important if uneven book This is a wise, irritating, condemnatory, even funny book written by someone who knows his stuff and has a fine sense of the bizarre, and ignorant, and even humor! Apparently his main point is that shallow willful ignorance, a gloating sense of cultural superiority, in step with obviosuly inane and ...             The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq122 reviews George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Best Book on the Iraq War (so far) + Good Sale + "Iraq was too important to be left to the partisans" + Intellectual history with a bite + Mandatory reading for all politicians and citizens             The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina144 reviews Frank Rich Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 The First Draft of History that will be cited 100 years from now + A troublesome, truthful 'must read' about the incompetent Bush years. + Too Much Sadly True Information + thank God for frank's honesty + The proof of years of BUSH Lying.             Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America from Baghdad to Washington139 reviews Paul Rieckhoff NAL Hardcover, 2006 CHASING GHOSTS by Paul Rieckhoff + Short and Simple + Thought-Provoking and Intelligent + An Emotional and Patriotic Look at the Truth + On the Ground...for real.             Circle in the Sand: Why We Went Back to Iraq7 reviews Christian Alfonsi Doubleday, 2006 Thorough and convincing + Why both Bush presidents waged war with Iraq + Good Background on the First Gulf War + Great book but key issues omited.... + Dynastic Obsessions             Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power74 reviews Fred Kaplan Wiley, 2008 Spot on! + what went wrong + Lessons on how NOT to run a foreign policy + well written but the (interesting) thesis is just too weak + "this was a new era"             Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq312 reviews Thomas E. Ricks Penguin Press HC, The, 2006 Best Documentation of Iraq War to date + INCOMPETENCY AND LEADERSHIP.....WORST IN HISTORY + Not the Left-Wing Hit Piece I Expected + Most extensive information on the down-slope phase of the Iraq war."             Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom4 reviews James Jay Carafano, Paul Rosenzweig Heritage Books, 2005 The Legacy Lives on + Hits the Nail on the Head + Essential reading about America's defense Now that the author of the Long Telegram, George Kennan, has died there may be a tendancy to wonder if anyone is taking such a lofty worldview in our troubled times. By reading this well reasoned and enlighted book by two men who obviously were writing from the passion of their positions and the ...             Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War69 reviews Michael Isikoff, David Corn Crown, 2006 Well-documented analysis of Bush's Iraq failure + How to start a war with bad intelligence Highly recommended reading for anyone who wants to know how we ended up in the quagmire of Iraq in spite of Bush and his cabinet initially proclaiming going to war in Iraq would be quick and decisive, including Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld's famous quip to reporters that "we don't do quagmires." ...             Dunces of Doomsday: 10 Blunders That Gave Rise to Radical Islam, Terrorist Regimes, And the Threat of an ...13 reviews Paul L. Williams WND Books, 2006 Citizen's Primer on Failure of Government & Parties + Dunces of Doomsday + Bush, the Republican Party's Jimmy Carter + Documents the history of these blunders, including the underlying belief that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance             Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco14 reviews David L. Phillips Basic Books, 2005 An honest man speaks out, duty bound + Enormous Incompetence! "Losing Iraq" is a work of great value to all Americans, and will find its place in history after the dust settles and historians have at their leisure decided whether America's dignity was more offended by what was incurred or by what was avoided in our so-called "war on terror." A passage from ...             Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and the Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq30 reviews Larry Diamond Holt Paperbacks, 2006 Indispensable + Detailed story of the tragedy of post-war Iraq + another expert ignored + An Insider's Perspective on Iraq             In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq13 reviews Nir Rosen Free Press, 2006 Need info on Iraq? Ask Rosen. + Further reading Nir Rosen is lucky to be alive. Travelling through Iraq during a very dangerous time, Rosen risked his life every day. He also got some great firsthand information. Rosen's book really shows what disarray the country of Iraq is in. It also shows how much most Iraqis dislike Americans. And it is ...             Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror487 reviews Richard Clarke Free Press, 2004 An Integral Part Of Our History. + Against all enemies + Informative. But a bit "I came, I saw, I conquered" People can say what they want about Scott McClellan, but there is no comparison as to the character differences between these individuals. Whereas Scott had no courage to do what he is now doing, Dick Clarke, here, had all the gull to infight with some of these individuals and let his discontent be ...             Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq19 reviews T. Christian Miller Little, Brown and Company, 2006 How the US snatched defeat from the jaws of victory + Informative and Entertaining + Only Good Manners ...... + No blood money             Web of Deceit: The History of Western complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush21 reviews Barry Lando Anchor Canada, 2008 A Tragedy of Lies, Genocide, and WMD + fascinating + One giant step of to understanding + Yes, it really is this bad, but truth is the beginning of wisdom + All Roads Lead to Britain             Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone153 reviews Rajiv Chandrasekaran Knopf, 2006 A damning indictment + reads like a novel + Good Introductory Book + Who's Your Baghdaddy? + a very decent account of the first couple years of the Iraq occupancy             The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq56 reviews Rory Stewart Harcourt, 2006 GREAT BOOK! + A True Depiction! + a stunning book This book is an honest, intelligent insight to the messes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the efforts by many - albeit should be all - to do bring those countries to stability. Everyone should read this - politicians (or so called politicians); servicemen/women; leaders and thinkers alike. This is my ...             Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill41 reviews Jessica Stern Harper Perennial, 2004 From the mouth of extremists... + Terror in the Name of God + Excellent view into the inner workings of terror organizations Jessica Stern provides insight to the behavior of religious extremists through her personal interviews with members of different religious sects in America and around the world. This is not written as an "edge of your seat" or "read one weekend" style of book. It is a means of educating the reader ...