Blind Into Baghdad: America's War in Iraq (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307277961)

In the autumn of 2002, Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winning journalism on the planning and execution of the war, much of which has been assigned as required reading within the U.S. military.

In Blind Into Baghdad, Fallows takes us from the planning of the war through the struggles of reconstruction. With unparalleled access and incisive analysis, he shows us how many of the difficulties were anticipated by experts whom the administration ignored. Fallows examines how the war in Iraq undercut the larger "war on terror" and why Iraq still had no army two years after the invasion. In a sobering conclusion, he interviews soldiers, spies, and diplomats to imagine how a war in Iran might play out. This is an important and essential book to understand where and how the war went wrong, and what it means for America.

Author: James Fallows
ISBN-10: 0307277968
ISBN-13: 9780307277961
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2006
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.92h x 5.34w x 0.68d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2006 pg. 64
Booklist 09/15/2006 pg. 18
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 38
New York Times 12/24/2006 pg. 16