WGBH Forum Network; Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
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Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks discusses his newly in paperback exploration of the Iraq war, The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq.Now updated to fully document the inside story of the Iraq war since late 2005, The Gamble is the definitive account of the insurgency within the US military that led to a radical shift in America's strategy. Based on unprecedented real-time access to the military's entire chain of command, Ricks examines the events that took place as the military was forced to reckon with itself, the surge was launched, and a very different war began. His conclusion, stated in the last line of the book, is that "the events for which the Iraq war will be remembered probably have not yet happened."
