The End of Iraq : How American Incompetence Created a War Without End (Paperback)

from furriebarry

Peter Galbraith can not see any hope in continuing to work towards a united and secular Iraq and after reading this book I agree with him. Scathingly critical of the Bush administration for its constant blunders and prioritising cheap shallow PR gains for real strategies PG says that this is a wa...

from jaygheiser

Very interesting book by someone who has spent much of the last 20 years in the middle east, especially Kurdistan. Very harsh judgement not just on George W. Bush and his administration, but also his father. Very explicitly cites the Reverse Domino Theory

from JBreedlove

The premise is that Iraq or Iraqis were never real entities and goes on to explain why rather well. The usual list of mistakes are enumerated but with the background of Kurd, Sunni, and Shiite in fighting. Next time you read about the Iraqi army think about whose soldiers they really are.