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How American Incompetence Created a War Without End
by Peter W. Galbraith
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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 Thomas E. Ricks
Published Jul 2007
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by Niall Ferguson
Published Apr 2005
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by Margaret MacMillan
Published Sep 2003
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