# Any better history than Rick's "Fiasco" for the US invasion of Iraq?

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**Created:** [November 22, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-better-history-than-ricks-fiasco-for-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/738312 "2015-11-22T22:43:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-better-history-than-ricks-fiasco-for-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/738312/1 "2015-11-22T22:43:28Z")

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I enjoyed [Thomas Ricks “-Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq” that came out in 2006](http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiasco_(book))and was stunned at the level of raw stupidity our leaders were capable of.

Now it’s 9 years later. Is there a better, more complete or complementary history of the Iraq war that you can recommend?

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**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-better-history-than-ricks-fiasco-for-the-us-invasion-of-iraq/738312/2 "2015-11-23T16:12:32Z")

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Not really a different take on the Iraq war, and covers a different period of time, but I read Coll’s “Ghost Wars” before “Fiasco”, and thought the pairing complemented each other.  
“Ghost Wars” is about Afghanistan up to 9/11, and speaks to a LOT of lessons that should have been learned by the time of the Iraq war.