Full name: Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

Authors: Michael R. Gordon, Bernard E. Trainor Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, War/Military, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780375422621 9781400075393 0375422625 1400075394

Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to the generals on both sides. Based on access to unseen documents and exclusive interviews with the men and women at the heart of the war, Cobra II provides firsthand accounts of the fighting on the ground and the high-level planning behind the scenes. Now with a new afterword that addresses what transpired after the fateful events of the summer of 2003, this is a peerless re-creation and analysis of the central event of our times. From the Trade Paperback edition. Similar books: The Iraq War by John Keegan Fiasco by Thomas E. Ricks The Gamble by Thomas E. Ricks No True Glory by Bing West The Fall of Baghdad by Jon Lee Anderson The Assassins' Gate by George Packer Night Draws Near by Anthony Shadid In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson The Strongest Tribe by Bing West Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran The Good Soldiers by David Finkel The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz A Fist in the Hornet's Nest by Richard Engel Thunder Run by David Zucchino Chain of Command by Seymour M. Hersh Generation Kill by Evan Wright Fool's Errand by Scott Horton The Great War for Civilisation by Robert Fisk Drift by Rachel Maddow Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillan