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The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks
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by Michael Weisskopf
Published Sep 2007
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by Bob Woodward
Published Sep 2007
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by Peter W. Galbraith
Published Jun 2007
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by Glenn Greenwald
Published May 2006
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by Niall Ferguson
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by David Halberstam
Published Jul 2002
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by Samuel P. Huntington
Published Jun 1998
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