Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks
Taste attributes: documentarywarpoliticalunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded, serious non-fiction book: stirring and expansive. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.5 / 5
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About This Book
The definitive military chronicle of the Iraq war and a searing judgment on the strategic blindness with which America has conducted it, drawing on the accounts of senior military officers giving voice to their anger for the first time.Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post senior Pentagon correspondant Thomas E.
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- Thomas E. Ricks
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 482
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