Center for a New American Security

Source: NPR's On Point
Journalist: Tom Ashbrook
Original Post: Tom Ricks on America’s Wars
Type: Interview

February 12, 2009 — Listen to the full interview here.

In the depths of America’s worst days in Iraq, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Thomas Ricks laid out the origins of early failure in his bestselling book of expose, “Fiasco.”

Now, Ricks is back with the story of the insurgency within the Pentagon that brought the surge and stabilization in Iraq.

And with a tough message. Despite Barack Obama’s campaign trail promise of withdrawal, the war in Iraq may not be half over yet, says Ricks. And Afghanistan looks even tougher.

This hour, On Point: Inside the U.S. military at war on two fronts, with Tom Ricks and his new book, “The Gamble.”

You can join the conversation. What’s your question for Tom Ricks on military’s lessons from Iraq? On what U.S. troops are facing in Afghanistan?

-Tom Ashbrook

Related:
Topic(s): Iraq
Project(s): Iraq
People: Thomas E. Ricks