The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
Thorp, Gene (Maps) New York, NY: Penguin Press, 2009. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. [20], 394, [2] pages. Illustrations (black & white). Maps. Cast of Characters. Notes. Index. Signed by author. Signed by author sticker on front of DJ. Signed on title page. From Wikipedia: "Thomas Edwin "Tom" Ricks (born September 25, 1955) is an American journalist who writes on defense topics. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. He has reported on military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Ricks is author of five books: the bestselling Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq (2006), its follow-up The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 (2009), The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (2012), the novel A Soldier's Duty (2001), and Making the Corps (1997). He was a military correspondent at the Washington Post (2000-2008). The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 is a 2009 book by journalist Thomas E. Ricks about the Iraq War. It covers the 2006-2008 period where his last book Fiasco left off. A primary focus is the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, along with the ascension to command of Gen. David Petraeus and the change in approach of Gen. Ray Odierno towards the use of counter-insurgency strategies.[1] Ricks believes that the troop surge was successful in reducing violence in Iraq and "reviv[ing] American prospects in the war," but that it was a failure based on its initial goal of bringing about a political reconciliation in Iraq. Ricks also predicted that the US will have combat troops in Iraq until at least 2015. The last combat troops left with the war's end in December 2011, only to return three years later during the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present). Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Abizaid, al Qaeda, William Fallon, Chiarelli, Ryan Crocker, David Kilcullen, Jack Keane, Raymond Odierno, Donald Rumsfeld, Emma Sky, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, Nouri al-Maliki
ISBN: 9781594201974
[Book #68472]
Price: $45.00