A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice
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A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice by Jack Fairweather
A gripping account of the moral and political challenges posed by the Iraq war from the Costa Award winning author of The Volunteer When Tony Blair plunged Britain into war he thought that, shortly thereafter, Iraq would emerge as a peaceful democracy.
Sound, vivid and enhanced by his modesty - there is no "as the bullets flew around my head" hereHe 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
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
Jack Fairweather is an award-winning and bestselling British writer and journalist. His last book The Volunteer won the Costa Book Prize and was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller, hailed as a modern classic and compared to Schindler’s List. He splits his time between the UK and Vermont.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099542339 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099542331 |
| Title | A War of Choice: Honour, Hubris and Sacrifice |
| Author | Jack Fairweather |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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