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Thomas E. Ricks

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    • Fiasco

    • The American Military Adventure in Iraq
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
    • Abridged
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    Fiasco is a masterful and explosive reckoning with the planning and execution of the American military invasion and occupation of Iraq, based on the unprecedented candor of key participants....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • How not to plan for a war!

    • By Kyle on 08-04-06

    • Fiasco

    • The American Military Adventure in Iraq
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 07-25-06
    • 4 out of 5 stars 559 ratings

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    • The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today

    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: William Hughes
    • Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
    • Unabridged
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    A widening gulf between performance and accountability has caused history to be kinder to the American generals of World War II than to those of later wars....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Provocative

    • By Jean on 04-30-15

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    • Churchill and Orwell

    • The Fight for Freedom
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
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    Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930s. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Elegantly Written

    • By Jean on 06-11-17

    Regular price: $28.00

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    • Making the Corps

    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
    • Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
    • Unabridged
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 110

    The United States Marine Corps, with its proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth....

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    • Enjoyed but not quite the story I was looking for.

    • By Mike Harbour on 06-04-16

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    • The Gamble

    • General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Abridged
    • Overall
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      4.5 out of 5 stars 79

    Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • A Sure Bet

    • By Joshua Kim on 06-10-12

    • The Gamble

    • General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
    • By: Thomas E. Ricks
    • Narrated by: James Lurie
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 03-03-09
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 125 ratings

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