Thomas Ricks has written another wonderful book on the military and the importance of having the right generals during war. In this book he looks at the Surge of the Iraq war and the military leadership involved with the great “gamble” of achieving some kind of nominal success in winding down th...
I read Ricks' impressive 'The Gamble' and this book was also incredibly written and researched. Ricks knows and understands the military and the people who have led the Army, in particular, since before World War II. I look at Marshall, MacArthur, Westmoreland, Schwarzkopf, and Franks so differen...