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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-10-06 11:31 PM
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I am about to finish State of Denial, which should I read next?
Fiasco - Thomas Ricks

Assassins Gate - George Packer

I have both of these books, but might consider getting another too.

Something else dealing with Iraq???
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-10-06 11:32 PM
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1. I've read both, and they are very good.
Fiasco, in particular, will make you want to throw things.
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turbo_satan Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-11-06 12:00 AM
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2. Second that. Read "Fiasco," throw stuff.
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Cheney Killed Bambi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-11-06 12:11 AM
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3. "Fiasco"
Edited on Mon Dec-11-06 12:11 AM by Cheney Killed Bambi
In a lot of ways, it is better than "State of Denial," because it really details from an on-the-ground military perspective how the situation in Iraq unraveled.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-11-06 03:41 AM
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4. American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips
He ties together oil, Christian fundies, and high finance in a way that makes you want to start stockpiling Spam, ammo, and toilet paper.
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greenman3610 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-11-06 07:49 AM
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5. Fiasco is very good
I am also reading
"Devil's Game: How the US unleashed Fundamentalist Islam"
by Robert Dreyfus, good historical perpective on development of
fundy Islam over the last 150 years, how it's been used as a
tool by European Imperialists, Oil Sheiks, and Cold Warriors.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-11-06 05:17 PM
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6. I add my vvote for Fiasco, which I'm currently reading
and "enjoying," if you can say that about a book that infuriates you. The One Percent Doctrine (Suskind) and State of War (Risen), were each excellent and disturbing in their own way. They all corroborate and expand on each others' theses, that the war was planned and is being run by imcompetent, insane mofos.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 10:49 AM
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7. Fiasco it is then
I start it tonite!
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