The Gamble
by Ricks, Thomas E.Edition: Large
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-02-10
Publisher(s): Thorndike Pr
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Author Biography
Thomas E. Ricks uses exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005, examining the events that took place as the military was forced to reckon with itself, the surge was launched, and a very different war began. At the core of the story is General David Petraeus, a military intellectual who has gathered around him an unprecedented number of officers with both combat experience and Ph.D.s.
Table of Contents
| Cast Of Characters | p. 11 |
| Acronyms And Abbreviations | p. 15 |
| The Old War Ends | |
| Things Fall Apart (Fall 2005) | p. 21 |
| How to Fight This War (Fall 2005-Fall 2006) | p. 61 |
| Keane Takes Command (Fall 2006) | p. 157 |
| A Strategy Is Born (Winter 2006-7) | p. 217 |
| A New War Begins | |
| If You're So Smart...(Spring 2007) | p. 255 |
| Gambling on a "shitty Hand" (Spring and Summer 2007) | p. 295 |
| Signs of Life in Baghdad (Summer 2007) | p. 392 |
| The Domestic Opposition Collapses (Summer and Fall 2007) | p. 443 |
| War Without End | |
| The Twilight Zone (Winter 2007-8) | p. 499 |
| Big Wasta (Spring 2008) | p. 525 |
| After the Surge (Summer 2008) | p. 565 |
| Obama's War (Fall 2008) | p. 587 |
| Epilogue: The Long War | p. 599 |
| Appendixes | p. 623 |
| Col. Devlin's Intelligence Assessment | p. 627 |
| The Orders Lt. Gen. Odierno Received in December 2006 | p. 632 |
| How Odierno Changed the Mission | p. 637 |
| Gen. Petraeus Summarizes How to Operate in Iraq | p. 662 |
| Notes | p. 665 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 699 |
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