The Gamble : General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure In Iraq, 2006-2008
The New York Times – Michiko Kakutani: ?powerful and illuminating ?Mr. Ricks writes as both an analyst and a reporter with lots of real-time access to the chain of command, and his book's narrative is animated by closely observed descriptions of how the surge worked on the ground, by a savvy knowledge of internal Pentagon […]