01567nam a22002297a 4500 20211118091330.0 211118b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0375422625 AL 23 956.70443 GORC Michael R Gordon: Bernard E Trainor 10577 Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq New York Pantheon Books 2006 xxxii,603 p. HB 24x16 cm. 27.95 ₹ 27.95 Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq. A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency that followed. As Gordon and Trainor show, the brutal aftermath was not inevitable and was a surprise to the generals on both sides. Based on access to unseen documents and exclusive interviews with the men and women at the heart of the war, Cobra II provides firsthand accounts of the fighting on the ground and the high-level planning behind the scenes. Now with a new afterword that addresses what transpired after the fateful events of the summer of 2003, this is a peerless re-creation and analysis of the central event of our times. Iraq War 10578 Middle East History 10579 History 10580 GORDON (Michael r): TRAINOR (Bernard E) 10581 ddc GF 220656 220656 0 0 ddc 0 0 HIS AL AL 2013-03-24 0 956.70443 GORC GF03311 2021-11-18 00:00:00 2021-11-18 GF