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... Ursula K. Le Guin - Fiction
Honorable mention: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
April
Nothing notable.
May
Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks - Non-Fiction
June
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill - Fiction
July
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - Fiction
August
... ... Austria switched from French to Polish assistance.).
Finished Ricks' The Gamble. Ricks learned absolutely nothing from Fiasco. He essentially tells another redemption tale. At the end, he notices that reality crashes his plot/story, leading him to a conclusion that is all over the place (the ... #23 Life Class is on my tbr pile, I finished Regeneration a couple of weeks ago and was impressed. Fiasco looks interesting but my tbr is overflowing and I have library books.
New Zealand has changed quite a lot in these past years as the population has become much more international with ... ... ground, but the background horror and violence came through without creating a story focus. I was glad to finish.
117. Fiasco by Thomas Ricks
i think Cauterize pointed this one ... ... Wales Royal Regiment (which missed out the Falklands and the First Iraq War).
Midway into the Gamble, much worse than Fiasco: Extremely biased (the cast of characters features all of three Iraqis, one of which happens to be Petraeus' translator. Ricks does not mind offering political ... ... really reading some very interesting books.
Sorry book #51 wasn't a good one and hope that the next one is better.
Fiasco is now on my tbr pile. Your review is great! Just started Fiasco based on your recommend - will let you know my gut reactions soon.... Good to see you back again. ... up on all your threads, I promise! *trembles at the thought of reading all of Stasia's threads*
#181-183:
Fiasco was really great in educating me so that when I participate in discussions about the Iraq War, I finally have a clearer picture on what happened and I can name facts. ... Finished Fiasco, started The Gamble, Ricks' hagiography of Petraeus. It is strange how US current history authors have to/use Soviet techniques of writing on two levels. Hurrah patriotism on the surface (with selective sources and the rewriting of history), critique veiled between the lines.
... Excellent review. Fiasco made my blood boil too, as have several other books relating to the horrors and crimes of the Bush administration. I wish every person who does not believe that we (Americans) were manipulated into the war was required to read this book. Well done for reading Fiasco - I don't know if I could handle the inevitable 'blood-boiling' reaction that I will have, but a book that provides such a strong reaction is defo worth the time investment. Great review. Thanks so much for your review of Fiasco! Although I suspect that Ricks would be "preaching to the choir" with me, it would probably be worth my while to have the facts and know precisely what was (and is!) going on there. I'll have to find that interview on The Daily Show. (Stewart is a ... ... science.
47. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
Rating: ★★★★★
Genre: Non-Fiction
"From the Washington Post's two-time Pulitz ...... science.
47. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
Rating: ★★★★★
Genre: Non-Fiction
"From the Washington Post's two-time Pulitz ...Edsel Karl Shapiro
Money Martin Amis
Christ Jack Miles
Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks
Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. >33 - Yep Billy oak, I didn't realize they don't make them anymore.
>36 - Haven't read Fiasco yet, I made the mistake of going to bookcloseouts.com and got seven books for under $50 including that one. I have a bad habit of buying faster then I can read.
>37 - I know they still make Billy ... I read Fiasco and was very impressed by it. I didn't know about the sequel, but will now look for it. #36 - Ricks' sequel to Fiasco is now available, The Gamble, or to give it its full name "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008". Both are on the Wish List!
#37 - Linda - It's about the only title that can be made out ;)
Edit: Typo I noticed Fiasco too. Have you read it, and did you like it? ... live next door. I'd never have to go the library again, I'd be permanently encamped in your living room! I see a copy of Fiasco in there - that would be one of the first I'd borrow! ... Joker One by Donovan Campbell, he does a good job of documenting his time in Iraq. I've also heard good things about Fiasco by Thomas Ricks but I haven't taken it off the shelf yet.
Someone else had a couple of other recommendations but I can't recall who it was. I may be the last person with an interest on the topic to get my hands on a copy of this Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks very good interestingly he argues that the initial invasion plan lacked a strategic component. Something I never thought of before but ... ... of the same coin, dems & gop...At times I can be so frustrated with politics....
Some of my favorite reads have been, Fiasco, The Assassins Gate, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War , Cobra 2, 1000 Years For Revenge, "Cover-Up" and Triple Cros ... 1. The Assassins' Gate by George Packer
2. Cobra II by Michael R. Gordon
3. Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks
4. The Prince Of The Marshes by Rory Stewart
5. Imperial Life In The Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
What others?
A Generation of Swine Hunter S. Thompson
Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks
Pincher Martin William Golding
Fledgling Octavia Butler
Mildred Pierce James M. Cain Such a recent list, and I only have one. Picked up Fiasco on a remainder table a while back, but haven't found time to read it.
Browsed Freakonomics, The World is Flat, and The Da Vinci Code to see what all of the buzz was about, but none of them passed the 50-page test. Actually, Da Vi ... I read Fiasco last month, and it was scary. Very well written and well defended argument.
I read Freakonomics and the two Dan Brown books a couple years. My family listened to The DaVinci Code on a car trip more recently, and I will say that book doesn't hold up on rereading. ... 1,802 copies
6. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan 2k,713 copies
7. Fiasco: American Military Adventure in Iraq, Thomas E. Ricks 635 copies
8. The End, Lemony Snicket 1,518 copies
9. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron 66 ... ... + alcohol early and often--a.k.a. hallucination)
Bushwacked, by Molly Ivins (Bushophobia? or maybe just Bush-Fatigue)
Fiasco by Thomas Ricks (fear of those running foreign policy--incompetence-o-phobia)
The Coming Plague Laurie Garrett (fear of microbes--microbophobia?)
... by Jack Miles
Money by Martin Amis
London by A.N. Wilson
Success by Martin Amis
Jesus by A.N. Wilson
Fiasco by Thomas Ricks
Cosmos by Carl Sagan ... Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Ukraine with Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan safran Foer
Iraq with Fiasco by Thomas Ricks
Everywhere with The world is flat by Thomas Friedman
South Africa with The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda
more africa with Graceland ... ... by Esther Perel. Anything by Byron Katie is worthwhile, especially Loving What Is. If you want to get good and angry Fiasco by Thomas Ricks. ... books:
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq - Thomas Ricks
Can anyone help me?
Thanks! The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq - Thomas Ricks ... so many times on LT now that I think I ought to read it. I have read a few books about the "War on Terror" this year, Fiasco, Occupational Hazards (by a British diplomat involved in the occupation of Iraq) and 3 Para by Patrick Bishop (about a British Parachute Regiment in Afghanis ... 39. Fiasco by Thomas Ricks: Great read about the build-up, invasion, and post-invasion planning of the Iraq war..and the title says it all. ... argument, and it's often useful to read ones I don't agree with. In this case, I requested it because I have read Fiasco and Life in the Emerald City and this one sounds like a perspective from someone other than a journalist working for the Washington Post. yes, I have quickly learned I need to do outside reading to save myself from losing my mind. I am currently reading Fiasco for my own pleasure...probably more then I should be right now. ... read for work.
1. My Mother's Wedding Dress
2. Almost French : a new life in Paris
3. War (Oxford Readers)
4. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
5. The God Delusion
6. Voltaire's Bastards
7. The longest decade
8. The Best Australian Essays 2006
9. Madame B ... Finished Fiasco: American Adventure in Iraq after a very solid first section on the political background and decisions before the war, this books disappoints - it doesn't live up to early promise. The book is very scattered, with very short, one or two page pieces (vignettes really). There's very ... ... in 2000, which uses the term "Gulf War II" to refer to the air strikes on Iraq in 1998.
kahudson, if you've read Fiasco I would recommend you check out Occupational Hazards a.k.a. The Prince of the Marshes by Rory Stewart. It's an account of a British diplomat's time spent ... Cobra II is an excellent book, and will likely be the definitive book on the actual campaign for some time. Unlike Fiasco, however, it does not deal with the insurgency, in any more than a cursory way. A good journalistic account of the beginnings of the insurgency and a bit into it as far as ... ... until we see whether Iraq stays a civil war, or mutates into a full-fledged regional conflict.
To pfohl: I've read Fiasco and found it worthwhile, but I think that it's going to date rapidly. Some folks think Ricks got religion late in terms of being a critical observer, but as someone ... I've read the first section (before the war) of Fiasco: American Adventure in Iraq. Impressed by the writing and research so far. I remember a lot of the excerpts from the news at the time, but Ricks goes deeper into what has come out and been discovered from interviews since. Since I read Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq a few weeks ago, I have been listening and reading several other political, diplomatic and military histories and journalistic accounts of the war. Without getting into them, I wonder what do we call this war?
I've heard it called T ... Recently finished Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq by Thomas Ricks and Nemesis: The Last Days Of The American Republic by Chalmers Johnson. Mr. Johnson was recently interviewed about this, his most recent book, on C-Span's Book TV.
Nemesis was the Greek goddess of ... Fiasco: The American Military Misadventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks
@fleela: I'm suprised about your review of Karen Armstrong's work. I admit I haven't read it, but I have read three other works of hers and none of them had much Christian prosleytising in them. Today received an on-line message from the library, letting me know that I've moved to the head of the line for Fiasco: The American Military Adventure In Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks.
I've almost finished Babylon By Bus by Ray Lemoine and Jeff Neumann, about two young men who traveled to Baghd ... I also read:
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks
I didn't think it was possible for my opinion of the Bush administration could sink any lower, but after reading this book, it did. A well researched, readable, and somewhat depressing history of the War in Iraq. A ... I've finished up Fiasco, and while it's decent enough I think I esteem Cobra II more. But that's probably the nature of the beast when you're trying to chronicle an event that's still in progress. Ricks is probably to be complemented for not being as polemical as he could have been.
Next ... I just finished up Fiasco, which is a reasonably good survey of events to date in Iraq. Now it's time to return to the "Good War" in the form of Fields of Fire. ... Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (cool, but not as cool as it thinks it is), it's back to the real world with Fiasco. I have been perusing White Eagles (it's not really the sort of book you read); next up likely will be Fiasco. Fiasco
And, frighteningly, the perpetrators who planned this crime are still at large. ... xcellent)
Cobra II (excellent as well) Hubris by: Michael Issikoff and David Corn (everyone should read this book), Fiasco, The One Percent Doctrine....anyhoo, I only bought 3 books....and I look foward to a lesiurely weekend of reading.....
mamachunk I'm just about to start Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks Wandered into Borders and bought Fiasco by Thomas Ricks. ... book as well.
I saw the interview on Charlie Rose several days ago with Thomas Ricks, author of the newly released book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq. Has anyone picked this up and started to read it?
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