Sunday, June 12, 2011
War in Iraq
I have decided to tackle books on the war in Iraq as part of my summer reading. First up: The Assassin's Gate, George Packer, 2005. Obviously, this book is pre-surge, but I'm hoping it's a good account of the early part of the war. He wrote for The New Yorker, so it's got to be good, right?
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Also reading Guns of August, so I'm getting a good look at two different war "run ups," though I hate to use that phrase. It seems so overdone and it's an odd phrase to begin with. Tuchman is a good writer, too.
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