Breaking Iraq
. An excellent analysis and report of what that first year was like is provided by Breaking Iraq: The Ten Mistakes That Broke Iraq by Colonel Ted Spain, U.S. Army (ret) and Terry Turchie, Dept. Asst. Director, FBI (ret). --A. Caruba,Finalist for Book of the Year Award for Military and War for 2013 --Foreword MagazineTed Spain and Terry Turchie are two of the smartest, most decorated police and military experts around. InBreaking Iraq,they have collaborated on a riveting examination of the Iraq War through Spain s experience as 18th Military Police Brigade commander. The picture they draw is a harsh, highly readable, and altogether gripping account of how American authorities, who botched so many things, failed at the most fundamental requirement of all: policing and public safety. When the final history of the war is written, this volume - rich in authentic detail and you-are-there storytelling will provide powerful illumination of failed leadership and the strategic military importance of being effective cops as well as fighting soldiers. ----David Winton, Producer of the National Geographic Channel's "Interrogating Saddam"