Michael R. Gordon General Bernard E. Trainor Bernard E. Trainor
Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor provide a definitive, behind-the-scenes account and anaylsis of the planning and execution of the Gulf War. While one war was being waged against Iraq, another was being fought among the generals themselves. The Generals' War offers unvarnished portraits of the top military commanders, challenges the performances of Powell, Schwarzkopf, and their generals, and provides disturbing information about the power struggles within the American high command. Using previously undisclosed military documents, The Generals' War goes beyond what happened to...
Michael R. Gordon and General Bernard E. Trainor provide a definitive, behind-the-scenes account and anaylsis of the planning and execution of the Gul...
A top D.C. journalist tells the inside story of the U.S. war against the Islamic State
When the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq in 2011, President Obama took credit for keeping his promise to end one war. As savage violence flared in Syria that very same year, he resisted calls to intervene in another. His plan to reduce America's provocative military presence in the Middle East would be faithfully executed. Five years later, the United States was again at war in the region--this time against the Islamic State, whose self-declared caliphate covers large tracts of Iraq and...
A top D.C. journalist tells the inside story of the U.S. war against the Islamic State
When the last U.S. combat troops left Iraq in 2...
