An explosive indictment of how the Bush Administration wasted billions in Iraq--through sweetheart deals to G.O.P. supporters, outrageous contracts to corrupt companies, and absurdly naïve assumptions. It was supposed to be quick and easy. The Bush Administration even promised that it wouldn't cost American taxpayers a thing Iraqi oil revenues would pay for it all. But billions and billions of…
Things didn't go wrong in postwar Iraq because the United States lacked a plan. Things went wrong because the United States was blinded by ideology and ignored planning that was already underway. Losing Iraq tells the story of the tragedy of Iraq, from the first discreet meetings to plan the political transition through the debacle the United States finally created. Losing Iraq is a stunning an…
Contents: 1. Snowflakes from the secretary 2. The generated start 3. Smaller is beautiful 4. The other side of the hill 5. Back to the future 6. 'Round and round we go etc.
American Soldier is filled with revelation. Franks describes the covert diplomacy that helped him secure international cooperation for the war, and reveals the role of foreign leaders-and a critical double agent code- named "April Fool"-in the most successful military deception since D-Day in 1944. He speaks frankly of intelligence shortcomings that endangered our troops, and of the credible WM…