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A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice: The British in Iraq

A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice: The British in Iraq

by JackFairweather (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Tony Blair always claimed that history would judge his decision to invade Iraq. This revelatory and at times jaw-dropping account of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan reveals the truth about our soldiers' battle for survival. Jack Fairweather details the cost of the war, set agaisnt a backdrop of misunderstanding, beaurocracy and an overwhelming clash of cultures. From the embattled British outposts and insurgent hideouts of southern Iraq to the intense debates the war provoked inside 10 Downing Street and the Whitehouse, here is the terrifying truth about Britain's involvement in Iraq.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 04 Oct 2012
ISBN 10: 0099542331
ISBN 13: 9780099542339
Book Overview: The remarkable, true story of Britain's role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, by an award-winning journalist.

Media Reviews
Sound, vivid and enhanced by his modesty - there is no as the bullets flew around my head here. He simply describes in cool prose how Britain's share in the western allies' initial 2003 success in deposing Saddam Hussein and occupying Iraq tuned into a nightmare struggle against insurgency -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
It makes for one of the best histories of the aftermath of war, and a staggering story of the betrayal of everything it was fought for * Good Book Guide *
A rollercoaster narrative of heroism, mismanagement and disaster... as gripping as any novel -- Robert Irwin
It does what the Chilcot Inquiry should do, but probably won't -- Robert Fox * Evening Standard, Books of the Year *
A compelling history of the seamy realities of war in both Iraq and Afghanistan, it combines the vivideness of front-line reporting with detached and incisive analysis. A War of Choice should become the definitive account of this era -- Alistair Horne
Author Bio
Jack Fairweather is an expert on the American and British military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, recent defence policy in both countries, and the issues surrounding humanitarian intervention in the Middle East. He is currently a fellow of the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University and was the Daily Telegraph's Baghdad and Gulf correspondent for five years. As an embedded reporter during the Iraq invasion, he and his team won the Best Team Reporting award at the British Press Awards. Most recently he has been the Washington Post's Islamic world correspondent and a senior editor at the Solutions Journal. He received his BA and MA in English Literature from Lincoln College, Oxford.