Full name: The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Author: Thomas E. Ricks Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, War/Military, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781594201974 9780143116912 1594201978 0143116916

The Gamble tells the gripping story of how, in the Iraq War's darkest hour, an unlikely collection of dissident generals, scholars and foreign experts pulled the country back from the edge of the abyss and saved countless lives. This was 'the surge', and at its helm was General David Petraeus, now acknowledged as one of the greatest military tacticians in US history. Based on unprecedented access to the entire chain of army command - at the top and fighting on the ground - this is the definitive account of one of America's biggest ever military gambles, and what it means for the future of Iraq. Similar books: The Iraq War by John Keegan In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson The Generals by Thomas E. Ricks Making the Corps by Thomas E. Ricks Cobra II by Michael R. Gordon No True Glory by Bing West The Fall of Baghdad by Jon Lee Anderson Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks The Strongest Tribe by Bing West The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz The Good Soldiers by David Finkel Thunder Run by David Zucchino A Fist in the Hornet's Nest by Richard Engel We Were One by Patrick K. O'Donnell House to House by David Bellavia Generation Kill by Evan Wright Night Draws Near by Anthony Shadid The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk Drift by Rachel Maddow Ghost Wars by Steve Coll