How many Iraq war books are out there?

[LSK]

Bob Woodword - State of Denial
Fiasco - Thomas Ricks
The Assassins' Gate - George Packer
Corba II - Michael Gordon
The One Percent Doctrine - Ron Suskind

Am I missing any books? What else deals with the Iraq war?

[Phredicles]

1. "Hubris" - Author escapes me but I'm sure

someone here knows it!

EDIT: "The End of Iraq", also.

I've been meaning to ask: For those of us who don't have time/$$$$ to get and read all of them, which one do y'all recommend most?

[ellacott]

2. Peter W. Galbraith's book

The End of Iraq


Hubris by David Corn and Micheal Isikoff

[LSK]

3. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone (Hardcover)
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Al Franken just had the author on his show today.

[Phredicles]

4. "Greatest Story Ever Sold"

Another new one, I believe.

[RamboLiberal]

5. Two Books - Blood Money & Licensed to Kill (On the Mercenaries)

From Amazon.com

Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq by T. Christian Miller

Miller's collection of riveting, disheartening narratives chronicle the spendthrift methods of the coalition behind the Iraq invasion, featuring so many spurious entrepreneurs, opportunistic politicians and greedy contractors that it almost requires a pen and paper to keep track of them all. Beginning with the war itself, Miller demonstrates how the high hopes and genuine passion of those in the front lines paved the way for corruption, fraud and criminal negligence. Miller cites countless improbable, self-serving schemes, including Alaska Senator Ted Stevens's plan to get Iraq's cellular phone network built by Eskimos; the high-end children's hospital proposed and built by Bush family friends at the expense of Iraq's already-existing and badly in-need health facilities; and the work of Halliburton, whose unprecedented involvement makes for disturbing revelations: "From reveille to lights out, the American military depended on Halliburton for its existence." Miller's telling examples, covering everything from water and electricity restoration to security, health care and oil production, are at once depressing and compelling, and one gets the sense that Miller could've gone on ad infinitum relating unfinished and tarnished projects. Though Miller jumps from one sector of Iraq's infrastructure to another and shows little concern for chronology, the coalition's effort itself is too disorganized and the avaricious characters too plentiful to permit Miller to concoct a more unified and linear narrative. Despite this, Miller's important account fascinates throughout with the breadth and depth of the ongoing debacle.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton

Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning insights into the way private soldiers are used.

Enter a blood-soaked world of South African mercenaries and tribal fighters backed by ruthless financiers. Drop into Baghdad’s Green Zone, strap on body armor, and take a daily high-speed ride with a doomed crew of security contractors who dodge car bombs and snipers just to get their charges to the airport. Share a drink in a chic hotel bar with wealthy owners of private armies who debate the best way to stay alive in war zones.

Licensed to Kill spans four continents and three years, taking us inside the CIA’s dirty wars; the brutal contractor murders in Fallujah and the Alamo-like sieges in Najaf and Al Kut; the Deep South contractor training camps where ex–Special Operations soldiers and even small town cops learn the ropes; the contractor conventions where macho attendees swap bullet-punctuated tales and discuss upcoming gigs; and the grim Central African prison where contractors turned failed mercenaries pay a steep price.

The United States has encouraged the use of the private sector in all facets of the War on Terror, placing contractors outside the bounds of functional legal constraints. With the shocking clarity that can come only from firsthand observation, Licensed to Kill painstakingly deconstructs the most controversial events and introduces the pivotal players. Most disturbingly, it shows that there are indeed thousands of contractors—with hundreds more being produced every month—who’ve been given a license to kill, their services available to the highest bidder.

[Richardo]

6. "The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell" by John Crawford

National Guardsman, great writer. His tour in Iraq - a harrowing read and not at all sugar coated. :scared:

[Marrak]

7. In the Belly of the Green Bird:

The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq (Hardcover)
by Nir Rosen

From Publishers Weekly
Rosen minutely charts the course of Iraq's rapidly metastasizing sectarian conflict, which he observed up close from the immediate aftermath of Baghdad's fall in 2003 to the elections of January 2005. A fluent speaker of Iraqi Arabic and a freelance journalist, Rosen gained an impressive measure of access to both the Sunni and Shia resistance, dissidents and ordinary Iraqis, attending sermons at mosques and visiting tribal meeting halls across Iraq—from Baghdad to Tikrit, Najaf and Falluja to Kirkuk. The title is a reference to the Islamic idea that martyrs' souls are flown to heaven in the belly of a green bird, the book serves as a window onto the rhetoric, ambitions, strategies and historical context of the numerous violent groups struggling for power. From interviews with major Shia, Sunni and Kurdish players, Rosen reports that most people primarily want the U.S. out, while newly arrived foreign jihadis, radicalized by the American occupation, are at war with Christians, Jews and Shia Muslims. Despite the book's choppy chronological organization and Rosen's workmanlike prose, the end result represents brave reportage and significantly increases our understanding of what Rosen describes as an already raging civil war. (May 8)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A good read and a kick-the-ass for those that can't seem to fathom the requirements for gathering and reporting facts on the ground in Iraq. This guy got around on the inside, not "embedded" in a fucking Bradley Armored Vehicle! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: