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008			080422s2008 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008270666
020			_a9781586486082
082	0	0	_a956.7044 FER
100	1		_aFerguson, Charles H.
245	1	0	_aNo end in sight : _bIraq's descent into chaos _c/ Charles Ferguson
246	3	0	_aIraq's descent into chaos.
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York, NY _b: PublicAffairs _c, c2008.
300			_axxiv, 641 p. _b: ill., maps _c; 24 cm.
500			_aThis book features interviews that expand upon, and bring up to date, the 2007 documentary "No End in Sight."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	3		_aBased on an unprecedented series of interviews with officials and others on the ground in Iraq immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein, No End in Sight is a thorough chronicle of the reasons behind Iraq's descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality, and anarchy. It is a shocking story of wholesale incompetence, recklessness, and arrogance. Culled from over two hundred hours of footage collected for the award-winning film-as well as additional, extraordinary interviews in response to it-the book provides an alarming retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003. It features candid interviews with high-ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and General Jay Garner, as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, intelligence officers, and prominent analysts, such as George Packer, Samantha Power, and Christopher Hitchens. Together, these voices reveal the principal errors of U.S. policy-using insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, purging professionals from the Iraqi government, and disbanding the Iraqi military-errors that largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulf Iraq today. The book brings the movie up-to-date by evaluating the military's recent "surge" tactic as well as current Administration policy. It concludes with a wide-ranging debate on the crucial question: What do we do now? No End in Sight marks the first time Americans will be allowed inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad's Green Zone to understand for themselves what has become the disintegration of Iraq-and how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. Book jacket.
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003 _x-Reconstruction
650			_aInsurgency _z-Iraq
650		0	_aInternal security _x-Iraq
651		0	_aIraq _x-Politics and government _z-2003-
651		0	_aUnited States _x-Armed forces _z-Iraq
651		0	_aUnited States _x-Relations _z-Iraq
651		0	_aIraq _x-Relations _z-United States
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