Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (Paperback)

from SuperIke

This is a detailed and thorough account of the military aspects of the 2003 Iraq invasion. It spans from just after September 2001, going through the steps of building the operational plans for the invasion, to the summer of 2003 not long after the end of "major military operations" after the col...

from Shrike58

The core of this book is the contest between Rumsfeld trying to organize this campaign as though it were a "just in time" industrial process, how the professional soldiers tried to follow sound military art in response, and what happened when the contending visions played out in practice. What is...

from investigations

The reader should note that Michael R. Gordon is one of the NY Times writers who transmitted Bush administration propaganda in the lead up to the war. However, in HUBRIS Corn and Isikoff say that prior to that he tended to be critical.

from jcbrunner

As I did not want to spend much money on this book, I come late to the party with a withdrawn library copy. Even in 2010, this book remains surprisingly readable - under two conditions. First, the book assumes familiarity with the structure, arms and command of all US forces. It never explains th...

from JustMe869

A must read for anyone who wonders how we got into the mess in Iraq